ROCKETS blasted a block of flats killing at least three people in the Ukrainian-held city of Zaporizhzhia.
Rescue workers raced to the scene before a second artillery blitz rained down in a tactic known as a double-tap strike.
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President Zelensky branded the Russian attack, which injured several others including a toddler, as “absolute evil”.
He told Europe’s leaders including PM Liz Truss: “Absolute meanness! Absolute evil!
“There have already been thousands of manifestations of such evil.
“Unfortunately, there may be thousands more.
“But the day will come when Russian evil will lose.”
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia’ was trying to “sow fear”.
”Russian terror must be stopped, by force of weapons, sanctions and full isolation,” he added.
At least 30 people were killed after a convoy of civilian cars was shelled last week in an attack Ukraine blamed on Moscow.
It came as Norway announced it was banning Russian fishing boats from many of its ports in the wake of the attacks on Nord Stream pipelines last week.
Sweden said its preliminary investigations had “strengthened the suspicious of serious sabotage”.
The EU expanded its sanctions yesterday by freezing the assets 37 people linked to Putin’s onslaught bringing on the blacklist to 1,351.
Jerome Starkey
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