Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will be cutting short a visit to South Africa on Thursday to urgently return to Kyiv after a Russian strike on the capital killed at least nine people.
“I am cancelling part of the program for this visit and will return to Ukraine immediately after the meeting with the President of South Africa,” Zelensky, who arrived in the country hours earlier, said on social media.
Zelensky said that Russia must halt its strikes immediately.
“It has been 44 days since Ukraine agreed to a full ceasefire and a halt to strikes… And it has been 44 days of Russia continuing to kill our people,” he said in another post on X.
“The strikes must be stopped immediately and unconditionally”.
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