Russia strikes Kyiv as Rubio tells Lavrov US frustrated with lack of progress on truce

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday he expressed “disappointment and frustration” to his Russian counterpart over the lack of progress on resolving the Ukraine war.

- Agencies

“I echoed what the president (Donald Trump) said, both a disappointment and frustration at the lack of progress,” Rubio told reporters after the meeting with Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Asean gathering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The pair met hours after Moscow pummelled Kyiv for a second night in a row and as the UN said the number of victims from Russian attacks was at its highest level in three years.

After launching the barrage, which killed two people in the Ukrainian capital, Moscow denied peace talks with Kyiv were at a dead end.