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David Hughes

Starmer: Kyiv attacks are sign that Russia’s Putin is aggressor in the war

Ukrainian police officers stand near a damaged building after a Russian ballistic missile attack in Kyiv (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) - (AP)

The UK stepped up demands on Russia’s Vladimir Putin to agree to an immediate unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine after a “brutal” overnight strike on Kyiv.

Sir Keir Starmer said the attack demonstrated that Mr Putin was “the aggressor here” – comments which came after US President Donald Trump suggested Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky was the barrier to peace.

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