Zelensky slams 'weak' US reaction to Russian strike on his hometown

KYIV — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed the US embassy on Saturday for what he called a "weak" statement that did not blame Russia for a missile strike on his hometown that killed 19 people, including nine children.

In one of the deadliest strikes in recent weeks, a Russian missile on Friday evening struck a residential area near a children's playground in the central Ukrainian town of Kryvyi Rih.

Seventy-five people were wounded, at least 12 of them children, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhiy Lysak said after the end of emergency operations overnight, with city officials declaring three days of mourning.