Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the West to impose tougher sanctions on Russia.

He called for an embargo on Russian oil and a complete exclusion of the Russian banking system from international finance.

If there is no "really painful sanctions package" and no deliveries of the weapons demanded by Kyiv to Ukraine, Russia will see this as "permission to advance," Zelensky said in a video speech published on Thursday night.

At the same time, Zelenskyy warned of a new offensive by the Russian military in eastern Ukraine.

Moscow continues to build up fighting power in order to realize its ambitions in the Donbass region.

The government in Kyiv has already called on people in the Luhansk, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions to flee.

She expects Russian troops withdrawn from the capital, Kyiv, to be deployed in the east.

Zelenskyj emphasized: "We will fight and not withdraw".

The Ukrainian President also called on the people of Russia to demand an end to the war.

The killing of civilians in cities like Bucha occupied by Russian troops must be a decisive argument.

"No one in Russia who does not now demand an end to the war and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine has a future," said Zelenskyy.

Citizens should rather face the Russian repressive machine now than be "compared to Nazis" for the rest of their lives.

Ukraine: Eleven bodies found in Kiev suburb

According to Ukrainian sources, eleven bodies were found in a garage in the Kiev suburb of Hostomel after the withdrawal of Russian troops.

The police discovered them on Wednesday, reported Ukrajinska Pravda, citing a telegram entry by former Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.

Accordingly, the dead are said to be civilians who were killed by Russian soldiers.

The information could not be independently verified.

Northwest of the capital, Hostomel and the nearby airfield had been heavily contested since the beginning of the war.

Most of the original 16,000 residents fled.

According to the local military administration, around 400 residents of Hostomel were missing.

After calls to flee eastern Ukraine in the face of a possible large-scale Russian offensive, the mayor of Kharkiv is trying to calm down.

Neither he nor the military currently considered it necessary to conduct a centralized evacuation from the country's second-largest city, Ihor Terekhov said in a video message.

The city of Kharkiv is well armed and ready for defense.

However, the call for an evacuation applies to southern districts in the Kharkiv region.

Before the war, Kharkiv had around 1.5 million inhabitants.

According to the regional administration, a large part of the residents left the city in the first weeks of the war.

Kharkiv has been under almost constant air and artillery attacks since the beginning of the Russian invasion in late February.