Russia Strikes Ukraine, Many Feared Dead As Government Building Catches Fire

<h4>Russia Strikes Ukraine<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Russia launched its largest air attack of the war on Ukraine overnight&comma; setting the main government building on fire in central Kyiv and killing at least four people&comma; including an infant&comma; Ukrainian officials said on Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and caused damage across the north&comma; south and east of the country&comma; including the cities of Zaporizhzhia&comma; Kryvyi Rih and Odesa&comma; as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Such killings now&comma; when real diplomacy could have already begun long ago&comma; are a deliberate crime and a prolongation of the war&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Zelenskiy said in a post on X&comma; issuing a fresh appeal to allies to strengthen Ukrainian air defences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;16882" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-16882" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-16882" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;Putin-300x204&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Russia Strikes Ukraine&comma; Many Feared Dead As Government Building Catches Fire" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"204" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-16882" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>President Putin of Russia<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Just after sunrise&comma; thick smoke could be seen rising into the clear blue sky from the burning top floor of the main government building&comma; located in the historic Pecherskyi district&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Reuters<&sol;a> witnesses said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Elsewhere in Kyiv&comma; residential apartments were hit and damaged&comma; with dozens of residents wrapped in blankets gathering on the streets outside to survey the damage to their homes as rescue workers fought to extinguish the flames&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The attack underlined growing pessimism in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Ukraine<&sol;a> and among allies that the war can be ended any time soon&comma; with Russian President Vladimir Putin resisting calls for a ceasefire and emboldened by strengthening relations with China&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>U&period;S&period; President Donald Trump&comma; meanwhile&comma; has expressed growing frustration with Moscow since he met Putin last month&comma; but has so far resisted imposing tougher sanctions on Russia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Source&colon; Reuters<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;