AT least eight individuals together with two youngsters have been killed in one of many largest Russian air strikes in Ukraine.
An area department of the British Council was hit after the Russian forces launched a mass assault utilizing drones and ballistic missiles to hammer capital Kyiv.
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Smoke billowed from the crumbled column of a five-story residential constructing within the Darnytskyi district, which suffered a direct hit.
Rescue groups have been on web site to tug individuals trapped beneath the rubble.
The huge strikes got here simply days after Putin met Trump for peace talks.
Moscow launched a mixture of 598 drones and 31 cruise and ballistic missiles, mentioned Tymur Tkachenko, the top of Kyiv’s metropolis administration.
They hit almost 100 buildings, together with a shopping center within the metropolis centre, he added.
An area department of the British Council was additionally broken after being hit by drones and missiles.
Simply weeks in the past, Russia’s Federal Safety Service (FSB) accused British intelligence of utilizing the British Council as cowl in Moscow.
1000’s of home windows have been shattered as residents cleared glass and particles from broken buildings.
Among the many lifeless have been two youngsters together with a 14-year-old woman, Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko mentioned.
The numbers are anticipated to rise, it’s feared.
The assault got here as Moscow and Kyiv traded blame over stalled diplomatic efforts in the direction of a peace deal spearheaded by Trump.
Livid Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned: “Russia chooses ballistics as an alternative of the negotiating desk.
“We count on a response from everybody on the earth who has referred to as for peace, however now extra typically stays silent reasonably than taking principled positions.”
Russian forces have been slowly however steadily gaining floor in Ukraine in current months.
Trump held a high-profile summit with Putin in Alaska this month in a failed try to persuade him to conform to a ceasefire.
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The summit was adopted by a gathering with Zelensky and European allies on the White Home to debate the future of Ukraine.
However there was little progress since then.
Western leaders have accused Putin of dragging his ft in peace efforts and avoiding severe negotiations whereas Russian troops transfer deeper into Ukraine.
Earlier than concluding any peace settlement, Ukraine mentioned it desires security guarantees from the West to discourage any future Russian assaults.
Moscow has forged Kyiv’s calls for as unrealistic and has raised explicit objection to the notion of stationing Western peacekeeping troops in Ukraine.
Zelensky mentioned on Wednesday that members of his administration would meet with US officers in New York on Friday.
The Ukrainian chief mentioned he noticed “very smug and destructive indicators from Moscow relating to the negotiations”, urging further “strain” to “pressure Russia to take actual steps”.
“All deadlines have already been damaged, dozens of alternatives for diplomacy ruined,” Zelensky mentioned.
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