Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia as a “terrorist state” following the rocket attack in the center of the city of Vinnytsia in the west of the country. “No other country in the world poses such a terrorist threat as Russia,” said Zelenskyy in his video address published last night on the 141st day of the war.
Furthermore, no other country in the world presumes to destroy “peaceful cities and everyday human life” every day with its missiles and artillery.
A rocket attack killed 23 people in Vinnytsia on Thursday, including three children, the head of state said. Those are not the final numbers. Dozens of people are still missing, and the search in the rubble continues, said Zelenskyj. There are also many seriously injured.
The day showed once once more that Russia should be officially classified as a “terror state”. A medical center was also hit. Zelenskyi underlined that the attack took place at a time when the prosecution of Russian war crimes was being discussed at a conference in The Hague. This shows Russia’s disregard for international law. “And if someone launched an attack on a medical center in Dallas or Dresden. (…) Isn’t that terrorism?” Zelenskyy said. He called for a war crimes tribunal once morest Russia.
Three rockets are said to have hit an office center. A fire then broke out and hit regarding 50 parked cars, it said. Since invading Ukraine at the end of February, Russia has repeatedly emphasized that it only attacks military targets in the neighboring country. Despite this, there are many civilian casualties. The destruction of civilian infrastructure is extensive. Rockets of old Soviet design often miss their targets. At least 48 people died when a rocket hit a residential building in Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region.