Russia pounds Kyiv despite US push for peace talks

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was pounded by Russian strikes overnight.

Across the country, at least four people were killed and more than a dozen injured – as the Ukrainians’ inability to shoot down Putin’s missiles becomes ever more costly.

This, as President Zelensky and the rest of Europe come to terms with Donald Trump’s tilt towards Moscow.

Putin is now close to achieving his prize: normalisation with America – without any concessions on his brutal, years-long war.