The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has finished its search and rescue operation in the rubble of a residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv that was hit directly by a missile, killing several people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia might have used a ballistic missile made by North Korea in the strike.
“No country in the world should be left alone against such threats,” he added, calling on allies to apply more pressure on Russia.
The demand comes as U.S. President Donald Trump’s team tries to broker a ceasefire deal with Russia, which would involve Ukraine giving up swathes of its territory to the Kremlin. Trump described the Kyiv strikes as “Not necessary, and very bad timing,” and asked “Vladimir” to “STOP!”
Trump also responded to criticism that he is only putting pressure on Kyiv, not Moscow, forcing it to cede territory to Russia and drop its NATO aspirations, while offering no security guarantees.
“We’re putting a lot of pressure on Russia and Russia knows that. Or he wouldn’t be talking right now,” Trump told reporters on Thursday.