“You want to kill Putin in the moment like this”, – Zelenskyy on Kyiv’s attack
Source: Zelenskyy comments during his visit to the Presidential Fund and Ronald Reagan Institute
,Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky didn’t mince words commenting Russia’s attack on the children’s hospital “Okhmatdyt” during his visit to the Presidential Fund and Ronald Reagan Institute in Washington.
“It’s incredibly heartbreaking to lose people, to lose children. When you see these people, parents, when their children are dying, you want to kill Putin in the moment like this. That’s what all of us want, very strongly,” said the Ukrainian leader as he is on the official visit to the US.
He also alleged Russia’s president can be drinkng “something” as it was clear a Russian missile targeted a children’s hospital.
“He doesn’t think [about it], it doesn’t matter to him what happens in Ukraine. It wasn’t an attack on a military target or something similar, or a mistake with a missile. No, the missile was aimed directly at the hospital and this is not the first time,” stressed Zelensky.
When asked if he believed Russia deliberately carried out a massive attack right before the NATO summit, Zelensky responded:
“Yes, it was his [Putin’s] signal. It’s his signal to the world, to all people.”
Zelenskyy’s bitter comments come just a day after Russia’s missiles struck Ukraine’s capital killing at least 34 people.
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