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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia, Iran and North Korea as a \u201ccoalition of murderers\u201d during a visit to London in which he held talks with Keir Starmer on defence cooperation and how to put further pressure on Moscow.<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s president arrived in the UK on Monday, hours after the Kremlin launched another big air raid on Kyiv. It involved 352 drones \u2013 half of them were Iranian-designed Shaheds \u2013 and North Korean ballistic missiles in what Zelenskyy called \u201ca completely cynical strike\u201d.<\/p>\n
At least 10 people were killed and five civilian apartment blocks badly damaged. \u201cA large number of drones and missiles were shot down by our air defenders \u2013 but not all,\u201d Zelenskyy posted on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone in countries neighbouring Russia, Iran, and North Korea should be thinking carefully about whether they could protect lives if this coalition of murderers persists and continues spreading their terror.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/span>A residential building damaged in Russia\u2019s latest attack on Kyiv.<\/span> Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko\/EPA<\/p>\n Zelenskyy has supported Donald Trump\u2019s missile strikes on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities and has accused Tehran of complicity in Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now in its fourth year. Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons arsenal in the 1990s in exchange for US, British and Russian security guarantees.<\/p>\n These failed, however, to prevent Vladimir Putin\u2019s 2022 attack. Zelenskyy\u2019s latest trip to the UK was to discuss how to compel Russia to stop its war, Ukrainian officials said.<\/p>\n His previous visit in March followed a disastrous meeting in the Oval Office in which Trump accused him of \u201cgambling with world war three\u201d and the US vice-president, JD Vance, berated him for supposed ingratitude.<\/p>\n Monday\u2019s discussions encompassed sanctions and the Trump administration, which has so far refused to punish Russia and has practically ended US weapons deliveries to Kyiv. Ukraine has been attempting to keep Washington onside diplomatically, despite its apparent pivot to Moscow.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will be negotiating new and powerful steps to increase pressure on Russia for this war and to put an end to the strikes,\u201d Zelenskyy said of his London trip. As well as talks with Starmer, he met King Charles at Windsor Castle and visited Ukrainian soldiers receiving military training in the UK.<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/p>\n Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what\u2019s happening and why it matters<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.<\/span><\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n Zelenskyy is likely to travel to this week\u2019s two-day Nato summit in The Hague and is scheduled to meet the alliance\u2019s secretary general, Mark Rutte. It is unclear if he will have a face-to-face meeting with Trump, who is expected to arrive on Tuesday and push for greater defence spending from Nato member states.<\/p>\n Since Trump\u2019s return to the White House in January, Russia has dramatically stepped up its aerial attacks on Ukraine. It has refused Zelenskyy\u2019s offer of a 30-day ceasefire and continues to target civilians. Monday\u2019s strikes hit a residential area, hospitals and sports infrastructure.<\/p>\n The most severe damage was in Shevchenkivskyi district, where a section of a five-storey apartment building collapsed. Kyiv\u2019s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said six people had been killed in the district. Ten others, including a pregnant woman, were rescued from a nearby high-rise that also sustained heavy damage. <\/p>\n Oleksii Pozychaniuk, 29, who lives in the building next to the one struck, said he heard the whistle of a rocket approaching and \u201cfroze in terror\u201d before feeling the impact. \u201cWindows blew out, glass was flying everywhere,\u201d he told the Associated Press. \u201cWe barely made it downstairs with my child. Everything here was on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described Russia, Iran and North Korea as a \u201ccoalition of murderers\u201d during a visit to London in which he held talks with Keir Starmer on defence cooperation and how to put further pressure on Moscow. 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