The hotel in Kramatorsk where foreign journalists were staying was deliberately and intentionally destroyed by the Russian military.
According to Ukrinform, Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a video message.
“Today, all day in Kramatorsk, the rubble was cleared after a Russian missile attack. In particular, journalists – the employees of the Reuters agency – were injured. Citizens of Ukraine, America and Britain. An ordinary city hotel was destroyed by a Russian Iskander. Absolutely intentionally, deliberately. In this attack, seven people were injured, one person was killed,” he said.
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The President expressed his condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
“This is a daily Russian terror that continues because Russia has the ability to continue. Today Russia is attacking our Sumy region – with guided bombs, in the Kharkiv, Kherson and Donetsk regions. And despite all this, the world must not stop putting pressure on the terrorist state. Because of the missile attacks, because of the guided bombs, because of the attacks. In general, because of this whole war. Russia must be forced to seek peace,” Zelensky stressed.
He thanked all partners who “really help, all leaders who work with us to achieve more reliable protection and more reliable positions.”
“But time means losses. And the longer we have to wait, the more damage Russia can do. And all our talks with the heads of state and government, all negotiations revolve around this. About the speed and power of joint decisions. About the implementation of our agreements. The world should never forget that together we are stronger than any terrorist. But to this end we must do everything to make the terrorist lose,” the head of state stressed.
As reported, on the night of August 25, Russian troops attacked a hotel in Kramatorsk where Reuters journalists were staying. Among the victims were citizens of Ukraine, the United States, Latvia, Germany and the United Kingdom.
At around 7 p.m., the body of a man was found under the rubble. According to the Home Office, the dead man was a British citizen.
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