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The Guardian // World // Europe

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy calls for ‘regime change’ in Russia after attack on Kyiv kills 16

Friday 1st August 2025, 12:16AM

Ukrainian president says Moscow can be ‘pushed’ to stop war while Donald Trump denounces Russia’s ‘disgusting’ actions. What we know on day 1,255See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageVolodymyr Zelenskyy has urged his allies to bring about “regime change” in Russia, hours after a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv killed 16 people including two children. The Ukrainian president said he believed Russia could be “pushed” to stop the war. “But if the world doesn’t aim to change the regime in Russia, that means even after the war ends, Moscow will still try to destabilise neighbouring countries,” he said on Thursday, speaking virtually to a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the cold war-era Helsinki accords. Russia’s overnight strikes wounded at least 150 people, authorities said.Russia fired more than 300 drones and eight cruise missiles at Ukraine – with Kyiv the main target – from late Wednesday to early Thursday, the Ukrainian air force said. One missile tore through a nine-storey residential building in the capital’s west, ripping off its facade, authorities said. Zelenskyy said the injured including 16 children and six police officers. It was the largest number of children hurt in a single attack on Kyiv during the war, the rescue service said.Donald Trump criticised Russia’s actions in Ukraine, suggesting new sanctions against Moscow were coming. “Russia – I think it’s disgusting what they’re doing,” the US president said on Thursday. “We’re going to put sanctions,” he said, before adding: “I don’t know that sanctions bother him,” referring to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Russia’s attack came just days after Trump issued a 10-to-12-day ultimatum for

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