“MORE BOMBS”
The latest strikes came after EU leaders, shaken by the prospect of US disengagement, agreed to boost the bloc’s defences.
Putin “has no interest in peace”, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Saturday, reacting to the latest attacks.
“We must step up our military support – otherwise, even more Ukrainian civilians will pay the highest price,” she added.
Zelenskyy said Saturday that Ukrainian and British diplomats had held “highly productive” talks in Kyiv.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the latest Russian attacks were “what happens when someone appeases barbarians”, resulting in “more bombs, more aggression”.
In Dobropillia, AFP saw charred residential buildings, flattened market stalls and evidence of cluster bomb damage.
Irina Kostenko, 59, spent the night cowering in her hallway with her husband. When she left the apartment building on Saturday, she saw a neighbour “lying dead on the ground, covered with a blanket”.
“It was shocking, I don’t have the words to describe it,” Kostenko told AFP.
