US ambassador mentions Russia in reaction to latest Russian attack after earlier criticism from Zelenskyy

US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has mentioned Russia in her remarks on the latest large-scale missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.

Source: Brink on X (Twitter); European Pravda

Details: Commenting on the latest large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine, Brink noted that "Kyiv and the rest of Ukraine remain under a ballistic and cruise missile attack from Russia".

"Loud explosions in the capital and reports of attacks in multiple cities," she tweeted.

Background: 

• On the evening of 4 April, Russian forces struck a residential area in the city of Kryvyi Rih with a ballistic missile, killing at least 18 people, including 9 children.
• At the time, Brink tweeted that she had been "horrified" by the attack on Kryvyi Rih, but did not mention Russia in her post.
• For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was "unpleasantly" surprised by the US Embassy's reaction to the Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih.

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