Russian drones bombed Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, killing at least four people setting the city's main government building on fire.

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Ukrainian officials have led 60 foreign diplomats on a tour of damaged government offices in Kyiv. This follows Russia's largest aerial attack on Ukraine since its full-scale invasion began over three years ago.

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — With the Russian advance deeper into the Donetsk region, the air in Ukraine’s last strongholds is thick with dread and the future for civilians who remain grows ever more uncertain.

"If any troops appear there, especially now while fighting is ongoing, we assume that they will be legitimate targets," Putin says as the U.S. and Europe plan for a post-war Ukraine.

Russia said negotiations with Ukraine are on “pause,” less than a month after the summit meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump that the U.S. said would spur talks on a peace deal. “Communication channels exist,

Belarus said on Wednesday that it had shot down some drones which went astray due to electronic jamming during an exchange of strikes between Russia and Ukraine, and that Minsk had informed Poland and Lithuania of the approach of the drones.

The Russian action amounts to an unprecedented violation of Polish airspace and posed “a real threat” to Polish citizens, the Polish military said.