Israel on Friday condemned the deadly Russian drone and missile attacks on a Kyiv neighborhood the day prior, which killed at least 28 people, including three children, and wounded over 150 people.
"I condemn the Russian attacks on a Kyiv residential neighborhood that resulted in a massive and tragic loss of life," Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said in a statement, adding Israel is calling for a "stable and sustainable peace" between Moscow and Kyiv, which would "ensure Ukraine's security."
The foreign minister further stated he had spoken to Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Kornichuk's secretary, whose home was hit in the Russian assault.
Sa'ar previously condemned Russia's war on Ukraine during the foreign ministers' visit to Kyiv last month.
Two-year-old among Ukrainians found in rubble in wake of Russian attack
Ukrainian rescuers recovered more than a dozen more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in Kyiv overnight, bringing the death toll from Russia's worst air strike of the year on Ukraine's capital to 31.
A two-year-old was among the five children found dead after Thursday's sweeping Russian drone and missile attack, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday, announcing the end of a more than 24-hour-long rescue operation.
A total of 159 people were wounded in the multi-wave strike, in which Russia launched more than 300 drones and eight missiles early on Thursday, the latest in a campaign of fierce strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities.
The worst damage was to an apartment building that partially collapsed in the Sviatoshyn district in western Kyiv. Damage was also reported in at least three other districts of the capital.
The rescue service said 16 of the injured were children, the largest number of children hurt in a single attack on Ukraine's capital since Russia started its full-scale invasion in 2022.
City authorities declared Friday a day of mourning as rescue operations continued.
"The world possesses every instrument required to ensure Russia is brought to justice. What is lacking is not power — but will," Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on X/Twitter.
Trump criticizes Russia's 'disgusting' behavior in Ukraine
US President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, sharply criticized Russia's "disgusting" behavior against Ukraine but said he was not sure whether sanctions would deter Russia.
He has given Russian President Vladimir Putin until August 8 to make a deal or else he will respond with economic pressure.
Putin says Russia advancing along front line in Ukraine despite Western desire to halt it
Putin then said on Friday that Russian forces were advancing along the entire front line in Ukraine despite the West's desire to halt its offensive.
Putin, who was talking alongside Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, said the Russian army had taken control of the town of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's Donetsk region a few days ago, a Russian claim which Kyiv has denied.
He added that he hoped peace talks between Russia and Ukraine would continue and that working groups could discuss potential compromises, but said Moscow's goals remained unchanged.
Speaking one week before the expiry of a deadline set by Trump for Russia to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine or face new sanctions - including on countries that buy its energy exports - Putin gave no hint of any change in Moscow's position.
He said that if anyone was disappointed in the outcome of peace talks to date, that was a consequence of inflated expectations.
Zelensky said that it was time to move "beyond the exchange of statements and technical-level meetings to talks between leaders."
"If these are signals of a genuine willingness to end the war with dignity and establish a truly lasting peace – and not merely an attempt to buy more time for war or delay sanctions – then Ukraine once again reaffirms its readiness to meet at the level of leaders at any time."