The death toll rose to 30 and 88 were wounded in Russia's shelling in the Zaporizhzhia region’s capital, Ukrainian national police say. Russian-installed officials in Zaporizhzhia blamed Ukrainian forces, but gave no evidence.
“We are ready for a dialogue with Russia, but … with another president of Russia,” the Ukrainian leader said.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called it “the largest attempted annexation of European territory by force since the Second World War.” “De facto, we have already proven compatibility with alliance standards,” Zelenskyy said. “We trust each other, we help each other, and we protect each other.”
He portrayed Russia as pursuing a historical mission to reclaim its post-Soviet great power status and counter Western domination he said is collapsing. Putin’s land grab and a partial troop mobilization were attempts to avoid more battlefield defeats that could threaten his 22-year rule. By formalizing Russia’s gains, he seemingly hopes to scare Ukraine and its Western backers with an increasingly escalatory conflict unless they back down — which they show no signs of doing.
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