Russia strikes Ukraine intelligence HQ in ‘major escalation’

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has told SBU to deliver appropriate, tangible response' to Kyiv strike

The head office of Ukraine's SBU intelligence agency has been hit in a Russian drone attack, sending plumes of black smoke rising into the air in the heart of Kyiv.

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said he had instructed the SBU to deliver an appropriate, tangible response" to the strike, while the foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, described it as a major escalation".