Vladimir Putin has ignored international outrage over Russia's strikes on UK and EU buildings and has unleashed a new deadly barrage on Ukraine.

It comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on Western allies to send a 'strong joint signal' to the Kremlin.

In one of its deadliest onslaughts since the start of the three and a half year war, Moscow launched 'egregious' attacks on civilian targets in Kyiv on Thursday, including the EU delegation and British Council buildings.

The total death toll for the major offensive has risen to 23, including four children. Some 63 others have been injured including 11 minors.

But Putin brushed aside the world’s revulsion and carried on attacking Ukraine overnight - killing civilians in Kherson, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia.