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While we wait to hear more from US President Donald Trump and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, here's a look at how Europe has been reacting to Russia's latest attacks:

France's President Emmanuel Macron urged Vladimir Putin to "stop lying" over wanting peace in Ukraine after the overnight strikes.

Denmark's foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said the attack is “another testament to Putin’s brutality. If he really wanted peace, he could just lay down his weapons".

Poland's foreign ministry expressed their "solidarity with Ukraine" and sympathies for the victims.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the strikes are a "real reminder that Russia is the aggressor here".

EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas added: “The real obstacle is not Ukraine but Russia, whose war aims have not changed."

Czech Republic's foreign minister Jan Lipavský claimed "it is Russia that does not want a deal. And those who do not want peace will only understand force".

Latvia's foreign minister Baiba Braže said: “Russia needs to be forced into peace, while Ukraine’s self defence has to be strengthened."

• As we reported earlier, US President Donald Trump also condemned Moscow for the strikes in the Ukrainian capital, saying it was "bad timing" and that he is "not happy"

We've just been hearing from President Trump ahead of a meeting with Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, where the president says he has his "own deadline" for a Ukraine peace deal.

Trump was asked whether he thinks President Putin will listen to him, after he earlier condemned Russia's overnight attack on Ukraine.

"I do, yeah," Trump replies.

The US president adds that he needs to get both Putin and Zelensky to the discussion table but says "they both want peace".

Yesterday, Trump accused Zelensky of harming peace talks by not recognising Russian control of Crimea.

Trump adds there is a lot of "hatred, bad blood and disgust" between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump and Støre will hold a news conference following their meeting, we'll bring you any key developments as they happen.

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In London, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have met to discuss energy security.

Here are the key lines:

• "Every family and every business across the UK has paid the price for Russia weaponising energy," Starmer says
• The PM emphasises that "Europe must never again be in a position where Russia thinks they can blackmail us on energy"
• He stresses sanctions on Putin's energy revenue should continue until the Russian leader agrees to a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine
• Following this, von der Leyen promises that in two weeks the European Commission will present a "roadmap with concrete measures to phase out all imports of Russian fossil fuels"

• "Europe has to step up its defence expenditure", von der Leyen adds

For context: The European Commission has pledged to quit Russian fossil fuels by 2027 in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Sherie Ryder
BBC News

We on the verification team have been looking at images and footage from the aftermath of Russia's overnight strikes on Ukraine, pinpointing various locations and looking at the scale of the damage.

We know that the heaviest strike was on a residential block in the western district of Svyatoshynskyi.

Through identification of an eye-catching mural featuring bumblebees (see below), which appeared in various pictures, we were able to find before and after images of an area that was hit.

Those are here:

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Earlier, our team on the ground spoke to a woman who lives across from a building that collapsed after the strikes - she said they were a "crime against civilians" and accused the Western world of remaining "silent".

Images of other buildings showed that some rooves had collapsed, windows had smashed and debris had fallen to the ground.

Gabriela Pomeroy
Live reporter

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I've been talking to Tanya Usova, a 29-year-old translator living in Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

"I heard the air defence downing the drones last night - it was louder and longer than usual," she says. Her friend's windows were smashed in the missile attacks but her own home wasn't affected.

A drone attack "happens every day" in Kyiv and in her neighbourhood she says.

Tanya has lived in the Ukrainian capital throughout the war and says "I personally don't feel scared anymore".

"I guess it is some defence mechanism in my body that numbs the reactions."

"The city keeps on living," Tanya says. "Life doesn't stop after attacks like this."

But she says its a regular habit now that "people check if their loved ones are alive in the morning and then they go to work."

Tanya says attacks like the ones last night "make people stronger" and more united.

"Chaos and depression is not an option for us."

Image source, Reuters

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

Rescuers in Kyiv have recovered two more bodies, raising the death toll to 12, Ukraine's interior ministry says.

The initial number of deaths was estimated to be nine, which was then reduced to eight. Since then it's risen twice to 10 and now 12.

We'll continue to bring you updates on this when we get them.

Nomia Iqbal
North America correspondent

President Trump's big promise was "for Russia and Ukraine to make peace on day one" - and as 100 days of his presidency approaches, it's safe to say he is very much behind schedule.

Trump appears to blame President Zelensky a lot for this but his anger at Vladimir Putin is a notable, as well as a rare, moment. The US President has always suggested that the Russian leader wants to get a deal done more than Ukraine.

It was only yesterday when Trump was fuming at Zelensky and threatened to abandon peace talks if Ukraine didn't accept a US plan that mainly favours Russia.

But now his anger has switched.

There's enough leverage that the US has over Russia. It could further enforce the existing sanctions, impose additional tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil, and increase its military aid to Ukraine.

So far President Trump hasn't done any of that.

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US President Trump says he was "not happy" about Russia's overnight strikes on Ukraine that have killed at least 10 people in Kyiv.

"Vladimir, STOP...let's get the Peace Deal DONE," he said in a post on Truth Social.

Russia's latest attack is the deadliest on Ukraine's capital since 8 July last year, as images of Kyiv showed people covered in blood and damaged residential buildings.

Trump accused Zelensky of harming peace talks by not recognising Russian control of Crimea - a point of contention in bringing an end to the conflict.

The Russian defence ministry claimed the deadly overnight strikes targeted Ukraine's military infrastructure, adding their aim had been "achieved".

At a news conference in South Africa earlier, Zelensky said more pressure needs to be put on Russia as he had to cut the trip short owing to the overnight strikes on his country.

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Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

Ukraine’s interior ministry says that the toll from last night’s attack on Kyiv has risen to 10 dead and 90 injured after a body has been retrieved from the rubble.

What pressure Trump can apply remains unclearpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 24 April

15:02 BST 24 April

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Washington

In the last few days at the White House, Trump's team had made clear that the President sees the continuation of the conflict as largely Zelensky's fault.

"The President is frustrated. His patience is running very thin," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters outside the Oval Office on Wednesday.

"He wants to see the killing stopped. You need both sides of the war willing to do that. And unfortunately, President Zelensky seems to be moving in the wrong direction."

Today's post, it seems, is a reversal.

Leavitt offered only a brief glimpse at Trump's strategy on Wednesday, saying - not for the first time - that the President believes that "both sides have to walk away a little bit unhappy".

In Ukraine's case, it's increasingly evident that the Trump team believes that Kyiv will likely never recover the territories it has lost so far.

What is far less clear is what Russia, which Trump has repeatedly said holds "all the cards", is expected to give up in the negotiation - or what pressure the Trump team can apply.

This could still get worse for Ukrainepublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 24 April

14:32 BST 24 April

Frank Gardner
Security correspondent

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This is not the first time that President Trump has issued a verbal warning to President Putin. He previously threatened secondary sanctions in his rush to secure an end to the war in Ukraine.

Yet the prevailing wind that comes from the White House blows in Moscow’s favour. The Trump administration’s apparent eagerness to blame Ukraine more than Russia for both causing and prolonging the war could have some dangerous consequences for Kyiv.

If the US walks away from peace talks then it is highly likely it will curtail or even cut off military aid and intelligence. Ukraine will fight on, with help from its allies in Europe, but now with one hand tied behind its back.

And things could get worse still for Kyiv. Trump wants a deal with Putin. He wants sanctions on Russia lifted and to see US companies back in Moscow and doing business. Far from starving the Kremlin’s war machine, this would help empower it to redouble its assaults on Ukraine.

All is not yet lost though. Team Trump would still prefer to see this war stop than admit that their efforts have ended in failure. Ukraine wants it to end, the US wants it to end, but the big unknown is whether that’s also true of Vladimir Putin.

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As we reported earlier, Donald Trump sent an early-morning message to Vladimir Putin.

Writing on his Truth Social account at just before 08:30 local time in Washington DC, Trump said the deadly strikes on Kyiv were "not necessary, and very bad timing".

"Vladimir, STOP!" he concluded. "5000 soldiers a week are dying. Let's get the Peace Deal DONE."

The blunt message comes just hours after Trump criticised the Ukrainian president on the same platform.

"He [Zelensky] can have peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole country," Trump wrote on Wednesday, adding that Zelensky was the "man with no cards to play".

Trump's message to Putin is a relatively rare condemnation of the near-daily Russian strikes on Ukraine - and a sign of his frustration.

The US president promised to resolve the Ukraine war on "day one" of his presidency, and the 100th day comes later this month.

As the deadly overnight strikes on Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine show, there is no end to the war in sight.

Cachella Smith
Live reporter

Let's turn our attention back to Crimea now, which has been a point of contention in peace talks for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

The peninsula stretches out from the south of Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and is separated from Russia to the east by the narrow Kerch Strait.

Crimea was given to Ukraine, in 1954, by the so-called presidium of the Supreme Soviet. When Ukraine became independent in 1991, Russian President Boris Yeltsin agreed that Crimea could remain in Ukraine and that Russia would retain a major naval base there.

A 2001 census showed that the population was made up of 58% Russians.

In 2014, Russian troops seized Crimea and illegally annexed it. The UN Charter, however, sets out that borders cannot be changed by using force. Internationally, it is still considered part of Ukraine.

Within Ukraine, Crimea has the status of an autonomous republic, giving local authorities more say on certain domestic issues - but not defence or foreign policy. Zelensky has repeatedly rejected the idea of recognising it as Russian. "There's nothing to talk about here. This is against our constitution," he said previously.

On Wednesday, Trump criticised this stance, saying it was "very harmful" to peace talks. "Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory but, if he wants Crimea, why didn’t they fight for it eleven years ago?" Trump wrote on social media.

"The statement made by Zelenskyy today will do nothing but prolong the 'killing field' and nobody wants that! We are very close to a Deal, but the man with 'no cards to play' should now, finally, GET IT DONE," Trump continued.

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

As we've been reporting, overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine have killed at least eight people in Kyiv.

The Russian defence ministry claims those strikes targeted “aviation, rocket and space, machine-building and tank industry companies in Ukraine, companies producing rocket fuel and gunpowder”.

“The targets of the strike have been achieved. All of the facilities have been struck,” the defence ministry says in a statement.

Following Keir Starmer's comments outlined in our earlier post, Downing Street has set out its position on Crimea - a southern peninsula in Ukraine illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

This comes after Donald Trump appears to have criticised Zelensky for refusing to recognise Russian control of Crimea during peace talks.

In a briefing, Number 10 says it "will not change" its position on the territory unless Ukraine's government also changes its stance.

"For as long as the talks last we are completely committed to reaching peace. Our position on Ukrainian sovereignty has not changed," the PM's spokesperson says.

We can bring you the latest from US President Donald Trump who has condemned the strikes in Kyiv.

Posting on his Truth Social account, he writes: "I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!"

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We've just heard from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who says last night's strikes on Kyiv are a "real reminder that Russia is the aggressor here".

He adds that the attacks - which have so far injured at least 77 - show "why it is important to get Russia to an unconditional ceasefire".

Starmer's comments come a day after diplomats met in London to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Following the talks he says: "We’re making progress towards a ceasefire, it’s got to be a lasting ceasefire."

Ukraine and South Africa stick to their gunspublished at 12:59 British Summer Time 24 April

12:59 BST 24 April

Mayeni Jones
Reporting from Pretoria, South Africa

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There was some hope before today's meeting that South Africa would extend a symbolic gesture to Ukraine, like inviting it to the G20 summit later this year, which South Africa is hosting.

Some analysts believed it would be a sign of further rapprochement between the two countries, but that invitation never came.

The fact that Zelensky is on South African soil may be seen by some to be a good enough sign of thawing relations between the two countries, given South Africa and other African nations have refused to take sides in the war.

Instead, President Ramaphosa reiterated his country's commitment to speaking to all parties in the conflict and its expertise in negotiating settlements, following the end of the apartheid regime. Ramaphosa also wouldn’t be drawn on whether Ukraine should secede territory to Russia.

He also claimed a call he had with President Trump yesterday wasn’t tied to Zelensky’s visit, adding that the call had been months in the planning.

For his part, Zelensky was also unwilling to depart from his red lines, reiterating that there could be no talk of compromise without a complete ceasefire, and that the fact that Ukraine was willing to sit at the negotiating table when it was Russia that started the war, was compromise enough.

On Washington's involvement in securing a peace deal, Ramaphosa says that the US, as well as other countries like China, Brazil and those on the African continent, all have an important role to play.

"We would urge every one to continue playing a role as peace is important," he says and with that the press briefing ends.

We'll bring you a recap soon so stick with us.

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Ramaphosa next responds to a question on whether Ukraine should be prepared concede territory.

He responds that that is something that amounts to a "precondition" and adds that Ukraine's commitment to an unconditional ceasefire sets a "positive tone".

Once a ceasefire is in place "everything can be discussed".