Zelenskyy urges G-7 to send more weapons and impose a price cap on Russian energy exports after Russian missile strikes rock Ukraine

In this photo illustration, a screen showing president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech before the members of the international tribunal in The Hague. He accused the Russian authorities of war crimes and international terrorism.

At an emergency meeting of the Group of Seven nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested more military aid and harsher sanctions against Russia.

Zelenskyy spoke to the G-7 leaders after intensified Russian missile strikes. The Ukrainian leader, who has not left his war-weary country since the Kremlin invaded it, said Russian forces used more than 100 cruise missiles.

Zelenskyy asked the G-7 leaders to equip his nation with Western air defense systems that can track and destroy missiles before they reach their targets. Missile strikes will cease to work when Ukraine gets a sufficient number of modern and effective air defense systems.

Zelenskyy said the group of the world's largest economies should try to weaken the Kremlin's energy sector.

He said that when Russia attacks the energy sector and energy stability of our countries, we need to block its energy sector with sanctions.

Russian oil and gas exports need to be capped in order to weaken Moscow's revenue stream, according to the Ukrainian leader.

The G-7 imposed a number of sanctions against Russia. The group used to be known as the G-8 until it was taken over by Moscow.

The G-7 said it would impose economic costs on Russia and provide financial, humanitarian, military, diplomatic and legal support for as long as necessary.

The group said that Monday's strikes were a war crime under international humanitarian law.

The G-7 leaders wrote that they would hold President Putin and others responsible.

The strikes were a response to the explosion on the bridge over the weekend.

The Kremlin blamed Ukraine and promised a swift response.

Zelenskyy disagreed with the strikes. They want to wipe us off the face of the earth. He said on Telegram that he wanted to kill people who went to work in Dnipro and Kyiv.

Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya told an emergency meeting of the international forum that the strikes killed at least 14 people and wounded at least 97.

According to Kyslytsya, deliberate targeting of civilians is a war crime. About 84 missiles were launched by Russian forces against residential buildings, schools, museums, city centers and energy facilities.

The attack was condemned by the Secretary-General.

The Secretary-General was shocked by the large-scale missile attacks by the armed forces of the Russian Federation on cities across Ukraine that resulted in widespread damage to civilian areas and led to dozens of people being killed and injured.

More than 6,200 people have been killed and 9,300 injured in Russia's war in Ukraine, according to the U.N. According to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, the death toll may be higher.