{"id":58653,"date":"2026-05-06T00:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/58653\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:05:30","slug":"zelenskyy-comments-on-russian-strikes-on-dnipro-and-zaporizhzhia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/58653\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy comments on Russian strikes on Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Seven people are currently in hospitals after being injured in the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, while some others are still undergoing the necessary medical examinations. A total of 37 people have been affected,&#8221; the President wrote.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Russian forces used guided aerial bombs to hit civilian infrastructure in the city. He added that Russian forces &#8220;show no restraint in destroying human life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was an absolutely cynical terrorist strike, with no military justification whatsoever. Not a single day passes without such Russian attacks on our cities and villages. This one strike alone has already claimed 12 lives,&#8221; Zelenskyy emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>The President added that Russia struck Dnipro in the evening, with four deaths confirmed so far.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is essential that Russia is forced to end this war. We need silence from such strikes and all others like them every single day, not just for a few hours somewhere out there for &#8216;celebrations,'&#8221; Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"218\" data-start=\"0\">Earlier today, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsukraine.rbc.ua\/news\/russia-strikes-zaporizhzhia-with-guided-aerial-1777994344.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia<\/a> with guided aerial bombs. As of now, 12 people are reported dead, and 37 are injured. A day of mourning has been declared in the city for May 6.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"418\" data-start=\"220\">In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsukraine.rbc.ua\/news\/russia-strikes-center-of-ukraine-s-kramatorsk-1778000877.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russian forces struck Kramatorsk <\/a>with high-explosive bombs. The strikes hit the city center, where civilians were present. So far, five people are reported dead and 12 injured.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"563\" data-start=\"420\">Russian forces also carried out <a href=\"https:\/\/newsukraine.rbc.ua\/news\/russia-strikes-ukraine-s-chernihiv-downtown-1777976908.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drone strikes on Chernihiv<\/a> using Shahed-type attack drones. One of the drones hit the central part of the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"706\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"565\">An administrative building and several vehicles were damaged. In addition, three people sought medical assistance for blast injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Seven people are currently in hospitals after being injured in the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, while some others&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[27857,29022,325,347,26084,2396],"class_list":{"0":"post-58653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-volodymyr-zelenskyy","8":"tag-dnipro","9":"tag-missile-attack","10":"tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy","11":"tag-war-in-ukraine","12":"tag-zaporizhzhia","13":"tag-zelenskyy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116524713387693077","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}