PM plea for Russia to stop killing

SIR Keir Starmer has condemned the “senseless” Russian strikes on Ukraine that killed more than a dozen people and caused damage to a British Council building in Kyiv.

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He said Russian leader Vladimir Putin is “sabotaging” hopes of peace as US-led efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict struggle to gain traction.

Russia launched a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, including a strike in the centre of the city, marking its first combined attacked on the Ukrainian capital in weeks.

The Prime Minister posted on X: “My thoughts are with all those affected by the senseless Russian strikes on Kyiv which have damaged the British Council building.