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Ukraine Condemns Russian Strikes on Kyiv as “Mockery of US Peace Efforts”

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Ukraine Condemns Russian Strikes on Kyiv as “Mockery of US Peace Efforts”
Rescuers are getting a man from under the rubble following Russia’s strike on the Zaporizhzhia region. (Source: The State Emergency Service of the Zaporizhzhia region)

Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha, has condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine on May 7, calling the action “a deliberate mockery of US peace efforts.”

“Putin responds with such brutal strikes to Ukraine’s unconditional proposal for a 30-day or longer ceasefire. He makes a deliberate mockery of US peace efforts,” Sybiha wrote on his official X account.

In the early hours of May 7, Russian forces once again targeted Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. At least two people were killed in the attack, and injuring eight, including four children who suffered burn wounds.

Additionally, Russia launched multiple strikes on Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

“This is also another reminder why commemorating the 80th anniversary of Nazi defeat alongside Putin’s Russia is unacceptable. These are not ‘liberators,’ but war criminals,” Sybiha added.

On May 6, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement, calling on foreign governments to refrain from allowing their military personnel to participate in Russia’s May 9 “Victory Day” parade in Moscow.

“This is the army that will march on Red Square in Moscow on May 9. These people are not liberators of Europe, they are occupants and war criminals. To march side by side with them is to share responsibility for the blood of murdered Ukrainian children, civilian and military, not to honor the victory over Nazism,” the statement read.

Previously, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced that a 72-hour ceasefire proposed by Russian leader Vladimir Putin will begin at midnight on May 7.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized the Russian offer as performative and reiterated Kyiv’s support for a longer, unconditional ceasefire plan, as proposed by the United States.

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