Ukrain Live: No Going Back! We Will win this war – Zelensky vows victory as death toll in Odesa Rises

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky as Vowed Not to back down but Proceed for Victory is Sure.

As Another Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern port city early on Saturday morning, partially destroying several floors and leaving more than a dozen under the rubble.

“So far, 10 people have died, including three children: Mark, who was not even three years old, Yelyzaveta, eight months old, and Timofey, four months old. Ukrainian children are Russia’s military targets,” Zelensky said on Sunday in a post on Telegram.

Local officials said they expect the toll to rise as there are still people unaccounted for.

Zelensky on Saturday had pleaded with Kyiv’s Western allies to supply more air defence systems as Russia continues to pound his country with drones, missiles and artillery fire in the war’s third year.

Ukraine is currently on the back foot with Russia having made recent front line battlefield gains.

Ukraine’s interior ministry separately reported one death and three people wounded in the southern Kherson region.

Zelensky said 215 emergency responders had taken part in an ongoing search and rescue operation in Odesa.

As delays to a crucial $60-billion aid package from the United States has left Kyiv facing ammunition shortages, Zelensky said the attack showed the importance of supporting Ukraine.

“We must win this war,” he said on Sunday.

“Every Russian loss at the front is our country’s response to Russian terror. The world must respond to every manifestation of Russian evil and repel Russia’s actions.”

There was no comment on the strike in Moscow, which denies targeting civilians despite excessive evidence of Russian strikes on residential areas and the United Nations having verified at least 10,000 civilian deaths since Russia invaded in February 2022.