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Zelensky condemns 'ruthless attack' after Russia hits government building in Kyiv
2025-09-08
BBC liveblog.
Summary:
  • Volodymyr Zelensky says overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv's main government building are a "ruthless attack" and vows an "appropriate response"

  • UK PM Starmer says he is "appalled " by the strikes while French President Macron accuses Russia of "locking itself into the logic of war and terror" as European leaders rally around Ukraine

  • Zelensky says four people been killed – including one infant – and more than 44 injured after residential buildings were hit in strikes across the capital

  • Until now no government building has been hit so this will shake people, writes our correspondent in Kyiv who witnessed smoke and explosions

  • Russia says that it only targeted military and related infrastructure in the strikes

  • The attacks come as Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West against sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine after a ceasefire is agreed
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