The spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, Oleksandr Khorunzhyi, said that in addition to the dead, at least 11 people were wounded
Zelenskyy had promised personnel changes in the government, regional administrations and security forces following corruption allegations that emerged after Russia's invasion last February.
Putin, who was addressing a meeting with veterans on Wednesday, asserted that Moscow had tried its best to refrain its soldiers from raging an "military operation" against its neighbouring nation but it left with no other option.
Emergency crews worked through the frigid night at the wrecked multi-story residential building, the site of the worst casualties from a widespread Russian barrage Saturday.
The latest attacks came amid the families returning to the war-torn state to reunite with their families in order to welcome the new year.
During his address to the nation on the eve of Christmas, President Zelenskyy assured countrymen that their forces will secure victory over the relentless war.
Russia-Ukraine war: Amid the relentless Russia-Ukraine war, the war-torn nation has again been hit brutally by Moscow's lethal drones on Wednesday morning.
Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainian authorities cautioned against considering the announced plan to retreat from Kherson, a gateway to the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, and nearby areas as a done deal.
Russia Ukraine war: While Russia is still pumping gas to Europe via Ukraine, the explosions on the Baltic pipelines have exacerbated acute energy shortages faced by Europe before the winter season.
Russia-Ukraine War: The Kerch Bridge, which holds important strategic and symbolic value to Russia in its faltering war in Ukraine, was hit a day earlier by what Moscow has said was a truck bomb.
Russia-Ukraine War: With his room for maneuvering narrowing, Putin has repeatedly signaled that he could resort to nuclear weapons to protect the Russian gains in Ukraine - a harrowing threat that shatters the claims of stability he has repeated throughout his 22-year rule.
Russia-Ukraine War: Zaporizhzhia is one of four regions that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed in violation of international laws on Wednesday, and is home to a nuclear plant that is under Russian occupation. The city of the same name remains under Ukrainian control.
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia planned to annex more of Ukraine on Friday in an escalation of the seven-month war that was expected to isolate the Kremlin further, draw more international punishment and bring Ukraine extra military, political and economic support.
The Russian leader described Western sanctions against Russia over its action in Ukraine as part of efforts by the U.S. and its allies to strengthen their positions.
Putin on Ukraine: Speaking to reporters Friday after attending a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Uzbekistan, Putin said the “liberation” of Ukraine's entire eastern Donbas region remained Russia's main military goal and that he sees no need to revise it.
Putin's comments came at a bilateral meeting with PM Modi on sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand.
This is perhaps for the first time in over six months of Russia's Ukraine war, China, which remained a steadfast ally of Moscow and declined to condemn the invasion, aired its concerns over Putin’s move.
The Russian President was unharmed, the report said. He was reportedly travelling in a decoy motorcade with growing fears for his safety.
Russian President Putin and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had earlier met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan.
The document needed approval by all 191 countries that are parties to the treaty aimed at curbing the spread of nuclear weapons and ultimately achieving a world without them.
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