Kyiv: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky informed the G7 on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin still has "room to grow" despite two days of widespread airstrikes on Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv.

Nearing the end of his term as President of Russia, Zelensky claimed there was still room for tensions to rise. He claimed it was "a threat to all of us."

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Additionally, he urged his Western allies to support Ukraine in funding an air defense system after dozens of Russian attacks across the country destroyed power plants.

“I request you to take forward the overall initiative to provide financial assistance for the manufacture of an air shield for Ukraine. For such help, the Group of Seven will receive thanks from millions of people,” he added. Wrote in the video G7 leader said in the message.

The US is accelerating providing Ukraine with sophisticated NASAMS air defenses, following US President Joe Biden's commitment to his Ukrainian counterpart a day earlier, according to John Kirby of the White House National Security Council.

Eight National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) have already been approved by the US for transfer to Ukraine; Two are scheduled for delivery soon, and the remaining six will be shifted over a longer period.

During a briefing for reporters, Kirby said, "We think we're on track to get those first two out in the very near future." As soon as possible, we want to accelerate the delivery of NASAMS to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, G-7 leaders announced that they would hold Putin accountable for the recent attacks.

The G7 issued a statement after the video conference that read, "We strongly condemn these attacks and remember that indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilian populations are a war crime."
"We will seek answers from President Putin and those responsible."

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Zelensky claimed that Russia's military fired 84 missiles on Monday and another 28 on Tuesday, leaving Ukraine with "massive" missile strikes for the second day in a row.
But he also said that "dozens of different drones" were added to those attacks.

The Kremlin claimed it feared more "confrontation" with the West ahead of the emergency meeting of the G7.
"The atmosphere leading up to the summit is well understood and predictable. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the conflict would continue and Russia would "achieve its set goals."

Peskov also criticized Washington's promise to provide Ukraine with an "advanced air defense system".
The delivery "will make this struggle longer and more painful for the Ukrainian side," he said, adding that "in fact, the United States is already caught up in this matter." But, he continued, "it will not change our objectives or the end result.

The G-7 reiterated on Tuesday that Russia's use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons would have "serious consequences".
Zelensky also requested support from the G7 for a global mission on the Belarus-Ukraine border.

The president spoke after Russian missiles killed at least 19 people and injured more. He has previously said that air defense systems are his "number one priority".

Putin claimed he ordered Monday's attacks as retaliation for an explosion that damaged Russia's bridge in Crimea and was under domestic pressure to escalate the conflict as his forces have been losing ground since early September. Is. Is.

The attacks, which mainly target civilian infrastructure such as power plants, have been condemned by Kyiv and its allies. Also unsafe for missiles were parks, popular tourist destinations, and busy roads during peak times.

Even though Tuesday's attacks on Ukraine's energy and military infrastructure were not as intense as the day before, Russia claimed long-range airstrikes on those targets were continuing.

The primary targets, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba, were energy facilities.
"Yesterday they killed many people, and today they killed more new ones. These are war crimes that Russia deliberately planned to make life unbearable for civilians for months," he said on Twitter.

The governor of Mykolaiv claimed that Russia had changed its strategy.
"They repeatedly launch rockets so that our men can wait and our air defense system is working, but they launch far fewer rockets at regular intervals and put people on edge." If that's not panic, then what is?" he asked on television.

Apartment blocks in Ukraine's sixth-largest city Zaporizhzhya have been damaged at least three times overnight in the past week, killing residents while sleeping. Moscow has denied intentionally planning to target them.

After Russia took over the majority of the neighbouring province—one of four partially occupied regions Moscow claims to have annexed this month—the city continued to be under Ukrainian control.

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On Tuesday, there were still 301 communities without electricity in the Kyiv, Lviv, Sumy, Ternopil, and Khmelnytsky regions.
Due to power outages, Ukraine has stopped exporting electricity to neighbouring Moldova and the European Union, which is already experiencing rising energy costs.

G7 leaders also warned Belarus, Russia's closest ally, after Minsk claimed it was sending soldiers with Russian forces close to Ukraine in response to what it described as a threat from Kiev and its Western allies.

They urged the "Lukashenko regime to fully abide by its obligations under international law," saying in a statement that "the announcement of a joint military group with Russia constitutes the most recent example of the Belarusian regime's complicity with Russia."

US-led As Russia intensified its attacks on Ukraine and increased its threats against the West, Nato said on Tuesday that its member states were stepping up security around important installations.

Putin has announced the annexation of Ukrainian territory, activated hundreds of thousands of reservists, and repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons since Ukrainian forces crossed through Russia's front lines in September.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Tuesday that if a proposal for a meeting between Putin and Biden at the upcoming G20 summit came in, Russia would not reject it and would give it some thought.