Kyiv attack death toll rises to 17 as Russia warns it will ‘continue to increase pressure’ on the Ukrainian capital – Europe live

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that at least 20 sites were attacked overnight, with ‘most of them ordinary residential buildings’

Responding to the EU foreign policy chief’s comments that the bloc would increase pressure on Russia for its strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russia will equally “continue to increase pressure on the Kyiv regime in order to achieve our set goals.”

Meanwhile, the ⁠death ⁠toll following ​a ⁠Russian ⁠drone and ​missile ‌attack ‌on Kyiv ‌has ​risen ⁠to 17, Ukraine’s ​emergency ​services ​said.