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| Zelensky condemns 'ruthless attack' after Russia hits government building in Kyiv |
| 2025-09-08 |
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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