Russia ‘can’t trust,’ Zelenskyy says as Moscow follows us conversations with attack

London – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on foreign partners to apply more pressure to Moscow as Russia followed Tuesday’s historic conversations with the United States in Saudi Arabia with a large missile and drone strike.

US-Russia speaks in Riyadh-as Ukraine was not invited to-represented “an important step forward” against ending Russia’s three-year-old invasion of his neighbor, according to a state departmental reading.

Hours after the discussions ended with an obligation to continue lectures, Russia launched a large missile and drone tip in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Air Force reported 167 drones and two ice cream -ballistic missiles launched in the country, with 106 captured and 56 more lost during flight.

Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov reported a “massive enemy strike in a densely populated area of ​​the city” causing electricity, heating and water breaks.

Zelenskyy said in a post to social media that the strike targeted “civilian energy facilities” in accordance with many years of Russian doctrine. “For almost three years now, the Russian army has relentlessly used missiles and attack drones against them,” he said.

“Right yesterday, after the notorious meeting in Riyadh, it became clear that Russian representatives were again claiming that they did not target Ukraine’s energy sector,” Zelenskyy continued.

“Still, almost at the same time, they launched another attack, with drones that beat electrical transformers,” he wrote. “And this is in winter – it was minus 6 degrees Celsius at night.”

“We must never forget that Russia is controlled by pathological liars – they cannot trust and need to be pressed,” the president said.

Kyiv’s exclusion from the Saudi conversations has poorly troubled Ukraine and its European allies. Trump was unabologetic when he spoke with journalists on Tuesday at his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida.

“They have had a place for three years and long before that,” Trump said of Ukraine, suggesting that Kyiv could have entered into an agreement with Moscow to avoid the enormous loss of life and earth.

Trump said he thinks he has “the power to end this war,” while I mistakenly claim that Ukraine started the conflict against Russia. The war began when Moscow launched his invasion of his neighbor in February 2022, a campaign that followed eight years of cross-border Russian aggression in Crimea and Ukraine’s Eastern Donbas region.

“I think it’s going very well,” Trump said of us efforts to end the war. “But today I heard, oh, ‘Well, we were not invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years.

Trump also said that Ukraine should hold new choices – at present not possible because of the introduction of martial arts – and falsely claimed that Zelenskyy’s public approval assessment was “down to 4%.”

Zelenskyy suggested that the US-Russia negotiations were merely to revive Ultimatums issued by Moscow in the early stages of its invasion.

“I have the impression that there are now some negotiations and they have the same mood, but between Russia and the United States,” Zelenskyy said during a visit to Turkey.

“Again, about Ukraine without Ukraine,” he added. “It’s interesting if Ukraine did not give after the ultimatums in the most difficult moment when the feeling comes from that Ukraine will accept this now?”

“I never intended to give in to Russia’s Ultimatums, and I have no intention of now,” Zelenskyy added.

In Riyadh, the United States and Russia agreed to appoint yet unnamed special representatives to continue the peace talks, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Putin Aide Yuri Ushakov told the state-controlled Channel One-TV channel that Trump’s Ukraine-Russia-Eding-Kith Kellogg-Ville negotiates a settlement with Kyiv and European nations.

Kellogg arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday morning, where he is expected to hold conversations with Ukrainian leaders.

ABC News’ Fidel Pavlenko and Will Gretsky contributed to this report.