Ukraine-Russia warfare newest: Trump tells Putin ‘Vladimir STOP!’ after large missile assault on Kyiv

The death toll from the overnight strikes on Kyiv by Moscow has reached 10.

Another 90 people were also wounded, as the missile and drone raids smashed buildings and set off fires, Ukrainian officials said.

Some people were still trapped under rubble over 12 hours later.

Video-game controllers used by Moscow to pilot drones in Ukraine are among items the government has banned from being exported to Russia, the Foreign Office says.

The 150 new trade sanctions are aimed at choking off the Kremlin’s war effort.

Technology used in the Russian defence and energy sectors are among items that can no longer be exported to Russia, including software used to search for and tap new oil and gas wells.

Some chemicals, metals and machinery are also facing export bans to limit Russia’s military capability.

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin had been “buying harmless goods and turning them into tools of war”, but he added the the UK is “exposing and acting on this sinister trade”.

Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte is holding a day of meetings at the Pentagon after the White House signalled it had lost patience with peace talks between Ukraine and Russia and was prepared to walk away.

Mr Rutte met Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and new chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen Dan Caine.

He is scheduled to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz later.

The death toll from Russia’s missile and drone attacks overnight on Kyiv has risen to nine, as President Zelensky branded it as “one of (Russia’s) most outrageous” attacks.

Russia attacked Kyiv with an hours-long barrage of missiles and drones, the deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital since last July.

Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko announced that Friday would be an official day of mourning in the capital.

The Ukrainian air force said Russia fired 66 ballistic and cruise missiles, four plane-launched air-to-surface missiles, and 145 Shahed and decoy drones at Kyiv and four other regions of Ukraine.

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty says talks in London on Wednesday between the UK, France, Germany, the US and Ukraine were “productive and successful”.

He said: “Significant progress was made in reaching a common position on next steps and all agreed to continue close co-ordination and look forward to further talks soon.”

But shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said: “For all the talks that are taking place, it is concerning that a clear, unified front in support of Ukraine which secures a peace on their terms has yet to emerge.”

Downing Street insisted it was not taking sides between Ukraine and the US in the talks.

Mr Doughty on Wednesday hosted a bipartisan US House delegation to discuss “a range of issues”.

Ukraine’s territorial integrity is not a principle that can be negotiated, a French foreign ministry spokesperson has said, after Donald Trump chided Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for refusing to recognise Russia’s occupation of Crimea.

“The principle of Ukraine’s territorial integrity is not a point that can be negotiated,” France’s foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine told a weekly news conference, adding that Russia was slowing down discussions by continuing its air strikes.

US president Donald Trump has lambasted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the deadly overnight strikes on Kyiv that killed at least eight people.

He posted on social media: “I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!”

Less than 24 hours earlier, Mr Trump had hit out at Volodymyr Zelensky for refusing to cede Crimea, which Russia illegally annnexed in 2014.

It’s not clear whether Mr Trump has a source for the 5,000-a-week statistic.

Downing Street has described Russia as the “real obstacle” to peace in Ukraine after “barbaric” attacks on Kyiv overnight.

But Downing Street would not be drawn into saying whether it was opposed to the US’ position after it urged Ukraine to cede Crimea to Russia in a bid to end the war.

Trump lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday for refusing to back the proposal.

Asked whether the UK was siding with Ukraine or the US in the stand-off, Keir Starmer’s spokesman said: “This isn’t about taking sides.”

He added: “We share President Trump’s desire to bring this barbaric war to an end … but we have been clear it remains the case that how and on what terms that war comes to end can only be decided by Ukraine.”

But he added that Putin’s attacks on Kyiv overnight show “where the real obstacle to peace is”.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to US president Donald Trump on the Ukraine war and the need to foster good bilateral relations.

“We both agreed that the war should be brought to an end as soon as possible to stop further unnecessary deaths… to meet soon to address various matters regarding U.S.-South Africa relations,” Mr Ramaphosa said.

Relations between South Africa and the US have soured badly since Trump’s return to the White House in January.

Mr Trump expelled South Africa’s ambassador and cut financial aid, citing disapproval of the country’s approach to land reform and its genocide case against Washington’s ally Israel at the World Court.