Trump's silence spurring Putin on

Zelensky's fury at 'terrorist' air attacks Children among 12 dead in bombardment

- BY ANDY LINES

UKRAINE'S President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Russian air strikes as “terrorist” attacks against civilians.

After his people had endured a terrifying night bombarded by 69 missiles and 298 drones in attacks that left 12 people dead and hundreds injured, Mr Zelensky turned his fury on the US.

While Donald Trump was giving a rambling, bizarre speech to US military graduates, his Ukrainian counterpart was blaming his inaction for enabling Vladimir Putin.

Mr Zelensky said: “America’s silence, and the silence of others in the world, only encourages Putin.” Three children, aged eight, 12 and 15, had been killed in a town close to the capital Kyiv, and a man in his 70s had died in the southern city of Mykolaiv.

Mr Zelensky said: “These were deliberate strikes on ordinary cities. Ordinary residential buildings were destroyed and damaged.

“Rescuers have been working in more than 30 Ukrainian cities and villages following Russia's massive strike.