Crowded shopping centre hit by Russian strike - 13 dead

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The Russian war against Ukraine will inevitably dominate the summit of G7 nations in Bavaria.

And the leaders of the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan face a difficult challenge.

They are aiming to put on a show of unity and resolve over the war. In recent months, the Western alliance has shown signs of strain and fatigue.

Some voices - particularly in France, Germany and Italy - have asked if it might not be better for the war to end, even if it came at the cost of Ukraine having to cede territory.

A recent cross-Europe opinion poll suggested some voters put solving the cost-of-living crisis ahead of punishing Russia. Others argue about the need to salvage some kind of relationship with Russia in the future.

Countries like the UK, Poland and the three Baltic States have been resisting these arguments, saying any peace deal with Moscow that is not on Ukraine's terms would lead to further Russian aggression in the future.

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will promise further financial support for Ukraine as he meets world leaders at a series of summits.

He is expected to urge allies to continue backing Kyiv against Moscow's "barbarism," saying now is not the time to give up on Ukraine.

And Johnson is set to pledge £429m in guarantees for World Bank lending.

He's attending the G7 summit in Germany today and Nato's meeting in a few days - with Ukraine set to be high on the agenda for both organisations.

Ahead of those meetings, Johnson said: "Future generations will be awed and inspired by the truly heroic Ukrainian resistance in the face of Putin's barbarism.

"Ukraine can win and it will win. But they need our backing to do so. Now is not the time to give up on Ukraine."

He warned Ukrainians should not be encouraged to "settle for a bad peace" where they were "invited to give up chunks of their territory in return for a ceasefire" in the war against Russia.

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The missile strike on Kyiv comes as G7 leaders are gathering in Germany.

They are expected to promise fresh military support for Kyiv and impose more sanctions on Russia.

Here in Kyiv, the air raid sirens have gone off again.

Russia's capture of the eastern city of Severodonetsk is a significant achievement in the context of its revised and reduced ambitions, the UK's ministry of Defence says.

In April, two months into the invasion, Russia revised its immediate campaign plan from aiming to occupy the majority of Ukraine, to a more focused offensive in the Donbas.

Capturing Severodonetsk was a key part of that plan because it's a major industrial centre and occupies a strategic position on the Siverskyi Donets River.

However, the MoD says in its daily Ukraine update, "it is only one of several challenging objectives Russia will need to achieve to occupy the whole of the Donbas region".

"These include advancing on the major centre of Kramatorsk and securing the main supply routes to Donetsk city," it says.

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The fall of the key eastern city of Severodonetsk, even if expected, will be painful.

Ukrainian troops spent many days pulling back to the neighbouring city of Lysychansk, no longer able to defend ruins.

But even that city is now coming under increasing pressure.

In his nightly address, President Zelensky said it was a “morally and emotionally difficult stage in the war” – but vowed to take Severodonetsk back.

If Ukraine does, it will be in the face of overwhelming Russian firepower – some of which was unleashed on the capital this morning when a number of missiles struck the Shevchenkivski district.

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We've got a bit more information on the missile attack on a building in Kyiv now.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said two people are known to be wounded and called it an attempt to intimidate Ukraine ahead of international summits this week.

Our correspondent Nick Beake says firefighters are damping down the nine storey residential building, where windows have been blasted out and the top floor is partially collapsed.

He says authorities say it's too early to say if anyone has been killed.

One of the missiles launched by Russia was shot down and landed on a village not far from Kyiv, the head of the regional military administration Oleksiy Kuleba says on Telegram.

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As rescuers work at the scene to try and find a trapped woman.

Firefighters are using a crane to try and access the woman but it's a hard job - they’re moving large chunks of debris with others falling to the ground as they make their attempt.

It’s hoped that the woman will be pulled from the rubble soon.

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Here in Kyiv, rescuers are at the scene of a missile strike on an apartment building.

According to police, a young child was pulled from the rubble and taken to hospital and they are working to save his mother.

Rescuers are hopeful that she will be okay.

Here at the scene, you can still smell the smoke coming from the building.

Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko says "we have a lot of injuries" following the rocket attack, which struck a residential building around 6:30 in the morning, local time.

"We are doing everything we can to stop the fire and take people out of the destroyed buildings," he says.

"We hope nobody has died but the final information we will have in a couple of hours."

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Hello and welcome as we resume our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. Here's the latest:

• Several cruise missiles have struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv causing large explosions and damaging a residential building
• They hit the district of Shevchenkivskiy, mayor Vitali Klitshko says, and ambulances and rescuers have been sent to the scene
• The attacks came hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky made a renewed plea for air defence systems from Ukraine's allies
• Zelensky has warned that the war is entering a "morally and emotionally difficult stage"
• His words come after the key eastern city of Severodonetsk – the centre of heavy fighting for weeks - fell fully to Russian control on Saturday
• Leaders from the G7 group of industrialised nations - gathering in Germany - are expected to promise fresh military support for Kyiv and to impose more sanctions on Moscow