The incident amounted to a striking escalation of Russia’s conflict in neighboring Ukraine, which Trump has sought unsuccessfully to end.

President Donald Trump is continuing to tease more federal action on crime in US cities, mulling on social media “Who’s Next???”

U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg said that “Russia appears to be escalating,” in response to the latest strikes.

But summits and sweatshirts won’t make Russia a superpower. Only a credible show of strength can do that. The war in Ukraine was meant to supply this, but it has instead become a slow-motion demonstration of Russia’s decline—less a catalyst of national revival than a case study in national self-harm.

A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as pensions were being distributed on Tuesday, killing more than 20 civilians, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Zelensky urged Ukraine's allies to issue a response to the attack. "A response is needed from the United States. A response is needed from Europe. A response is needed from the G20," he said.