Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least two people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze, authorities said.
An AFP reporter saw the roof of Ukraine's cabinet of ministers in flames and smoke billowing over the capital.
Russia has shown no sign of halting its three-and-a-half-year invasion of Ukraine, pushing hardline demands for ending the war despite efforts by the United States to broker a peace deal.
The strike on Ukraine's cabinet of ministers, a sprawling government complex at the heart of Kyiv, was the first such strike of the war.
Russia fired at least 805 drones and 13 missiles at Ukraine between late Saturday and early Sunday, the largest of the war, according to the Ukrainian air force.
Ukraine's rescue service posted photos showing the building in flames, while smoke billowed from its facade.
Efforts in recent weeks by US President Donald Trump to end the war have so far yielded little progress. »
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