00:00Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has given reasons why the country under Russia attacks is currently launching offensive actions deep inside Russia territories, saying, almost every single day, Russia fired hundreds of drones and missiles into Ukrainian cities especially civilian or residential areas, killing civilians, women and children, specifically stating that,
00:24A day before Ukraine military launched the drone strikes that destroyed over 40 bomber plane carriers inside Russia military airfields on Sunday, Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 480 drones and missiles. Zelenskyy stated this while responding to questions from journalists who engaged him via online video call.
00:44This, Ukraine said on Tuesday that it had hit the bridge connecting Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula with explosives planted underwater, in its third attack on the vital supply line for Moscow's forces since the full-scale war began in 2022, according to CNN.
01:01According to CNN, Ukraine's security service, the SBU, said on Telegram that its agents had mined the piers of the road and rail Crimean Bridge, also called the Kerch Bridge, and detonated the first explosive at 4.44 a.m. Tuesday.
01:19The whole operation took several months, it added. The agency said it had used 1,100 kilograms of explosives which, severely damaged, the underwater pillars supporting the bridge.
01:32Traffic on the bridge was suspended early Tuesday morning, then again mid-afternoon, before resuming shortly before 6 p.m. local time.
01:41Although the scale of the damage was not immediately clear, Tuesday's attack is the latest example of the SBU's attempts to blindside Moscow and demonstrate that there are costs to continuing its war.
01:53President Zelensky on Monday and Tuesday stated that, right now in Sumi region, doctors are providing all necessary assistance to those wounded by a Russian strike.
02:03The Russians struck right on the street, hitting ordinary residential buildings.
02:08Sleazebags, there have been virtually no days without killings during this whole time, while the United States, Europe, and other global actors have been urging Russia to agree to a ceasefire and negotiations to end the war.
02:23But Russia remains fully committed to war, and they prove it with both their strikes and their statements.
02:30All of this is the argument for new, tougher sanctions against Russia.
02:34I'm grateful to all Americans and Europeans who support this approach of pressuring Russia into peace, it's extremely important.
02:43Russia must feel what war truly means.
02:45When asked by journalists whether yesterday's operation might enrage the Russians, I responded that just a day earlier, Russia had launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine, over 480 drones and missiles.
03:03There were casualties, people killed and injured.
03:06This happens every single day.
03:09Sometimes there's a short pause, and to be honest, we now call it a pause.
03:13If there's just no one killed that night.
03:17But even then, drones still fly, and people still get wounded.
03:22These so-called pauses just mean fewer attacks than usual, but we're still talking about dozens of drones and cruise missiles.
03:29So no, no one cares whether Russia is angry.
03:33What matters is that Russia must move toward ending this war, and as a global community, we must all do what we can to stop them.
03:41We are very much awaiting strong steps from the United States.
03:45We hope he will support sanctions and push Putin to stop this war, at least to take the first step toward ending it, a ceasefire.
03:54These are critical things.
03:55I believe that from the position of the U.S., we will be able to achieve this faster.
04:01We had reported that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that Ukraine on Sunday launched a large
04:08scale of multiple drones to attack and destroy cruise missiles war plane carriers stationed at the military airfields of five Russian cities of Murmansk,
04:18Okusk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur regions, with Zelenskyy saying that it took Ukraine one year and six months to plan and execute the attacks,
04:28stating that, all those who were in Russia territories that aided the successful execution of the planned attack are safe and they have all returned to Ukraine.
