Zelenskyy calls for tougher Moscow sanctions after deadly Russian strike on bus

[Omaha Steve]

Source: The Guardian

Ukraine president describes attack on minibus reportedly carrying mostly elderly women as ‘deliberate killing of civilians’

Nine people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a minibus Ukraine says was evacuating civilians, prompting Volodymyr Zelenskyy to call for tougher sanctions against Moscow.

Local authorities said that most of those killed were elderly women being evacuated from Bilopillya, a town in the Sumy region that has come under repeated Russian attack.

The strike on the bus on Saturday morning, with at least one Lancet drone, also injured four other passengers and came just hours after the first direct peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow since 2022 broke up inconclusively after two hours.

The attack came as a stark reminder of the huge problems confronting the ongoing ceasefire talks as Russian officials on Saturday listed yet more conditions before any new talks could take place – including raising an apparent objection to whether it would accept the Ukrainian president as a signatory on any future deal.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/17/russian-strike-on-civilian-bus-in-northern-ukraine-kills-nine

[Wonder Why]

1. When you can't successfully attack legitimate targets, go after the innocent easy pickings.

[Bayard]

2. So, Putin is saying the war will continue unless he get's to pick Ukraine's president

Sounds like something trump would say.