Trump threatens Russia with sanctions after biggest aerial attack on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to enforce much sanctions connected Russia, aft the Kremlin unleashed its biggest-ever aerial barrage astatine Ukraine.

Russian missiles and drones rained down crossed Ukraine aboriginal Sunday, sidesplitting 4 radical and mounting authorities offices successful the superior Kyiv ablaze.

Trump told reporters aft the battle helium was “not blessed with the full situation” and said helium was prepared to determination guardant connected caller sanctions connected Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said helium was counting connected a “strong” US response.

Russia has intensified its onslaught against Ukraine since a gathering betwixt Trump and President Vladimir Putin connected August 15 failed to marque immoderate breakthrough connected a ceasefire.

After Sunday’s onslaught connected Kyiv, flames could beryllium seen rising from the extortion of the sprawling authorities analyzable that houses Ukraine’s furniture of ministers successful the bosom of the metropolis — the archetypal clip it has been deed during the three-and-a-half-year conflict.

Drone strikes besides damaged respective high-rise buildings successful the Ukrainian capital, according to exigency services.

Russia denies targeting civilians successful Ukraine.

It said it struck a works and a logistics hub successful Kyiv, with the Russian defence ministry saying “no strikes were carried retired connected different targets wrong the boundaries of Kyiv”.

“It is important that determination is simply a wide effect from partners to this onslaught today,” said Zelensky successful his evening address, adding that Putin was “testing the world”.

“We are counting connected a beardown effect from America. That is what is needed.”

– ‘Deliberate crime’ –

Russia fired astatine slightest 810 drones and 13 missiles astatine Ukraine betwixt precocious Saturday and aboriginal Sunday successful a caller record, according to the Ukrainian aerial force.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko posted a video showing a damaged level successful the authorities building.

“We volition reconstruct the buildings,” she said. “But we cannot bring backmost mislaid lives. The force terrorises and kills our radical each time passim the country.”

Zelensky discussed the onslaught successful a telephone with French President Emmanuel Macron and said France would assistance Ukraine fortify its defence.

Macron was among European leaders who condemned the attack, posting connected X that Russia was “locking itself ever deeper into the logic of warfare and terror”.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced the attacks arsenic “cowardly” portion EU main Ursula von der Leyen accused the Kremlin of “mocking diplomacy”.

Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington mightiness slap tariffs connected countries that bargain Russian oil.

“The Russian system volition beryllium successful afloat collapse. And that volition bring President (Vladimir) Putin to the table,” Bessent told NBC television.

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At slightest 2 radical were killed successful a onslaught westbound of Kyiv, prosecutors said.

More than 2 twelve were wounded successful Kyiv, according to the exigency services.

Among them was a 24-year-old large pistillate who delivered a premature babe soon aft the attack, with doctors warring to prevention her beingness and that of her baby, authorities TV Suspilne reported.

Two much died and dozens were wounded successful overnight strikes crossed the eastbound and southeast, authorities said.

Ukraine’s overseas ministry highlighted that 7 horses had besides been killed astatine an equestrian club.

“The satellite cannot basal speech portion a violent authorities takes lives — quality oregon carnal — each azygous day,” it posted connected X.

The barrage came aft much than 2 twelve European countries pledged to oversee immoderate statement to extremity the war, immoderate of which said they were consenting to deploy troops connected the ground.

Ukraine has insisted connected Western-backed information guarantees to forestall aboriginal Russian attacks, but Putin has warned that immoderate Western troops successful Ukraine would beryllium unacceptable and morganatic targets.

Trump has tried to find a mode to extremity the warfare successful caller weeks but has small to amusement for his efforts.

Russia has continued to assertion territory successful costly grinding battles and present occupies astir 20 percent of Ukraine.

Tens of thousands person been killed ...