Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump envoy calls for ‘ceasefire now’ after Putin’s ‘shameful’ bombardment on Kyiv
US special envoy general Keith Kellogg has called for a ceasefire after Russia launched its largest aerial bombardment since the war began in 2022.
The presidential envoy shared a photo of Ukraine’s capital following an aerial attack. He said: “This is Kyiv. The indiscriminate killing of women and children at night in their homes is a clear violation of the 1977 Geneva Peace Protocols designed to protect innocents.
“These attacks are shameful. Stop the killing. Ceasefire now.”
General Kellogg’s statement follows Volodymyr Zelensky’s condemnation of the United States’ silence after at least 12 people, including three children, were killed in the historic attack on Ukraine.
Ukraine’s president said: “The silence of America, the silence of others in the world only encourages Putin.”
Moscow and Kyiv have exchanged fire as Russia said it faced a barrage of Ukrainian drones and intercepted or destroyed around 100 of the unmanned Ukrainian weapons including some aimed at Moscow.
The drone attacks have intensified between Russia and Ukraine this week as Russia and Ukraine continue to exchange prisoners as part of a negotiated exchange of a thousand citizens from each side.
