Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump set to impose new sanctions after Putin’s largest air raid on Kyiv kills four
US president Donald Trump has said he is 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.
However, Mr Trump did not specify what he envisions as the “second stage” of sanctions against Russia, the New York Post reported.
The aerial attack on Kyiv was part of a record assault overnight that involved a total of at least 805 drones and 13 missiles fired at cities across Ukraine, killing two people including a three-month-old baby.
Ukraine’s prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko called on the world to “respond to this destruction not only with words, but with actions”.
Vladimir Putin has so far largely refrained from targeting government buildings in Kyiv’s historic centre.
It is the second time Putin has launched a mass Russian drone and missile attack targeting the capital in a span of two weeks, despite claiming to want a peaceful end to the war.
