Rescuers conduct search and rescue operations following a Russian attack that struck a five-storey residential building in Zaporizhzhia.Daria Nazarova/AFP via Getty Images

Strikes killing 17 are Russia’s ‘thanks’ for US diesel sanctions lift, Zelenskyy says – POLITICO

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A Russian attack that killed at least 17 people including three children in Ukraine are Moscow’s “thanks for the lifting on sanctions on diesel exports,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday.

A series of strikes on the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia also injured at least 18 people, including three children, Ukraine’s state emergency services said on Saturday afternoon.

“People continue to be searched for under the rubble of destroyed houses. Rescue operations continue,” said Mykhailo Semikin, acting head of Zaporizhzhia regional military administration in a Telegram post.