13 Dead In Russian Rocket Strike, President Zelensky: We Will Not Leave Without An Answer

President Volodymyr Zelensky. (Wikimedia Commons/President.gov.ua)

JAKARTA - Ukraine will respond to the Russian shelling of a city and needs to consider how to inflict as much damage as possible on the Russian side, in order to end the war quickly, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday.

Ukraine says 13 people were killed and 10 injured, when Russia fired rockets at the Marhanets from the territory of the nuclear power plant it captured in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

"Ukrainian armed forces, our intelligence and our law enforcement agencies will not leave today's Russian shooting in the Dnipropetrovsk region unanswered," President Zelensky said in a late-night video speech.

The attack, he said, underscores the need for allies to supply more powerful weapons to the Ukrainian military.

"The more losses the occupiers suffer, the sooner we can liberate our lands and ensure the security of Ukraine," President Zelensky said.

"This is what everyone who defends our country and helps Ukraine should think about how to inflict the greatest possible loss on the occupiers to shorten the war," he stressed.

The war, which began with Russian troops invading Ukraine on February 24, has left millions homeless, killed thousands of civilians and left towns and villages in ruins.

Ukraine and its Western allies accuse Russian forces of targeting civilians and war crimes, accusations Russia denies.