Zelenskyy: Kyiv attack one of the 'most difficult and impudent' We can now bring you some comments made a little while ago by Volodymyr Zelenskyy in South Africa. Ukraine's leader started his address by acknowledging Russia's deadly attack carried out on Kyiv overnight. "Last night’s attack was undoubtedly one of the most difficult and impudent," he says. He also calls talks between US and European officials in London yesterday "difficult but constructive". "I’m sure Russia was hoping for a huge row yesterday," he adds. "Russia doesn't like the alliance around Ukraine, because Ukraine would be an easier target without it." Zelenskyy spoke in Pretoria alongside South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Zelenskyy was also asked about his refusal to agree to recognise Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, which the US proposed it would do as part of a seven-point peace plan. He said Kyiv is ready to do everything that its partners suggest, but it cannot do things which contravene its constitution.