'Kyiv attacks are sign that Russia's Putin is aggressor'

THE UK has stepped up demands on Russia’s Vladimir Putin to agree to an immediate unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine after a “brutal” strike on Kyiv.

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Sir Keir Starmer said the attack overnight on Wednesday demonstrated that Mr Putin was “the aggressor here” - comments which came after US President Donald Trump suggested Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky was the barrier to peace.

At least nine people were killed and more than 70 injured after a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital amid further difficulties in peace talks.

Mr Trump accused his Ukrainian counterpart Mr Zelensky of making it “difficult to settle” the war with Russia over his opposition to recognising Moscow's annexation of Crimea.