Ukraine-Russia war latest: UK summons Russian ambassador after British Council struck in Kyiv missile attack

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns Russia’s deadly missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.

Guterres again called for a ceasefire leading to peace “that fully upholds Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity,” Dujarric said.

In a post on X, Guterres wrote attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure must end “immediately”.

US envoy on Ukraine General Keith Kellogg has blasted the Russian attacks as “egregious”.

In a post on X he wrote: “Last night Russia launched the second largest aerial attack of the war with 600 drones and 31 missiles. The targets? Not soldiers and weapons but residential areas in Kyiv—blasting civilian trains, the EU & British mission council offices, and innocent civilians.

“These egregious attacks threaten the peace that @POTUS is pursuing.”

Russia’s devastating overnight strikes on Kyiv show Trump’s peace plans have failed, says The Independent’s World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley.

He says it is now time for Europe to stand up and show leadership.

“The latest Russian set of attacks and Donald Trump’s ongoing support for Vladimir Putin, are proof, as if it were needed, that Europe’s leaders must prepare their nations for a long fight, increased taxation, and inflation as a result of increased fossil fuel prices,” he writes.

“They must accept that the good times so lavishly enjoyed by Boomers and Gen X are over.”

Read his full analysis below.

Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov inspected the “Center” group of Russian forces operating in Ukraine, his ministry has said.

Belousov was briefed on combat operations and drone projects, the ministry said.

Zelensky has hit out at Hungary’s response to mass Russian drone strikes, accusing the country of “discrimination” against the Hungarian community in Ukraine.

In a post on X, the Ukrainian President he had instructed his foreign ministry to look into claims a Ukrainian military commander who is ethnically Hungarian was denied entry to Hungary “and the entire Schengen zone”.

“Every day we hear new accusations against Ukraine coming from Hungary. Hungarian officials have gone so far as to attempt to discriminate against members of the Hungarian community in Ukraine for their participation in the defense of our state and our people,” he wrote.

“If Hungary has indeed closed entry into Hungary and the entire Schengen zone to one of Ukraine’s military commanders, who is an ethnic Hungarian and a citizen of Ukraine, this can only cause outrage. I have instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to clarify all the facts and respond accordingly.”

More pictures are emerging of the attack that hit an EU mission building.

At least 18 people have been killed, including four children, in the latest death toll update given by authorities in Ukraine.

A two-year-old child is believed to be among the dead, alongside other children aged 14 and 17.

The Kremlin has said it is satisfied with the progress of a German investigation into attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in 2022 after Italy arrested a suspect wanted in Germany.

An Italian appeals court earlier this month confirmed the arrest of the 49-year-old Ukrainian man suspected by Germany of coordinating the attacks which largely severed Russian gas supplies to Europe.

The suspect, identified only as Serhii K. under German privacy laws, may now be extradited to Germany where prosecutors say he was part of a group of people who planted devices on the pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.