Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Western allies on Thursday to send a “strong joint signal” to Vladimir Putin, after Russia killed 23 people in one of its deadliest attacks on Kyiv since the start of the war.

Russia has rained down aerial strikes on Ukrainian cities despite US President Donald Trump’s push for a ceasefire and even as Moscow talks up the importance of ending the conflict ignited by its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

The latest attack saw Russian missiles and drones rip through buildings in the Ukrainian capital, blasting a five-storey crater in an apartment block and leaving four children among the dead, authorities said.

In an virtual meeting after the strikes, Zelensky urged European allies to “keep the pressure” on the Russian president to bring him

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