“At the moment, 25 people were killed, among them are four children. I just wanted to show some photos of people killed yesterday. […] Another 63 people were injured, among them 11 children, ”Sviridenko said.
The prime minister said that the youngest victim was a girl who has not yet been three years old.
“She was born under Russian shelling in October 2022, and died from Russian shelling in August 2025,” Sviridenko emphasized.
She noted that the actions of the Russian Federation are “intentional acts of terror.”
“Yesterday, Russia again brutally answered our attempts to attract it to a civilized dialogue in the language of international law, peace and respect for human life. Russia continues to choose murders instead of the end of the war,” the head of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine said.
According to Sviridenko, Ukraine urgently needs additional air defense systems to protect people, as well as long -range defeat means to “neutralize Russian military facilities from which attacks are made.”
She added that the ceasefire in Ukraine is a “necessary condition for successful negotiations.”
Sviridenko also called on the international community to tighten sanctions and diplomatic, economic and military pressure in Russia. In particular, the Ukrainian prime minister recalled the need to quickly adopt the 19th EU sanctions, a complete disconnection of Russia from international financial systems, sanctions against the “shadow fleet” of oil tankers and strengthening personal restrictions against the political and military leadership of the aggressor country.
Sviridenko said that Ukraine remains ready to give diplomacy a real chance and achieve a fair, comprehensive and long world, and the ongoing attacks of Russia undermine international efforts, including US President Donald Trump.
According to the prime minister, the people of Ukraine hopes that the Council of Security and their member states, which consistently emphasized the need to stop hostilities, will find the courage to turn words into actions.
“Restoring respect for international law, primarily to the UN Charter and the principle of territorial integrity, will send a clear signal: aggression should be punished, never rewarded,” Sviridenko summed up.
