Zelensky says 'US silence' over Russian attacks encourages Putin3 hours ago Share Save James Waterhouse BBC Ukraine correspondent, reporting from Kyiv Jaroslav Lukiv, Jemma Crew & Rachel Hagan BBC News Share SaveReutersUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has alleged that the US's "silence" after recent Russian attacks is encouraging President Vladimir Putin, following Moscow's largest aerial attack yet. America's silence, and the silence of others in the world, only encourages Putin." Zelensky warned that Russia's "brutality cannot be stopped" without "strong pressure on the Russian leadership." In a post on X, he published a photo purportedly showing smoke billowing in the night sky over the Ukrainian capital after the Russian attacks. In the Kyiv region, four people were killed and 16 injured, including three children, DSNS said.