Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin accused of targeting Kyiv government building with cluster missile
Russia struck Ukraine’s main government building with a ballistic missile armed with cluster munitions, the EU’s ambassador to Ukraine said after visiting the attack site yesterday.
At least four people, including an infant, were killed on Sunday as Russia launched its largest air attack of the war so far, setting fire to the building housing Ukraine’s cabinet of ministers in central Kyiv.
“I saw it with my own eyes: Putin knows exactly what he is doing,” said EU envoy Katarina Mathernova. The building only avoided complete destruction because the missile did not fully detonate, she said.
She added: “The evidence of this existential battle is right in front of us: Putin is deliberately targeting the country’s lifelines – its government, its energy, its people.”
Earlier, US president Donald Trump said he was ready to push ahead with a new round of sanctions after Russia targeted the main government building in Kyiv for the first time since the Ukraine war began in 2022.
He said European leaders were set to visit the United States this week to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine, adding he would speak with Russian president Vladimir Putin “soon”.
