Russian strikes kill two in Ukraine after Moscow rejects call to de-escalate

Rescue workers put out a fire in the central market damaged in a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Saturday (Kateryna Klochko/AP)

Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least two people overnight into Sunday, officials said, hours after Moscow rejected German calls to ease off its escalation towards Nato.

Russia’s top diplomat on Saturday brushed off what is believed to have been the first tête-à-tête with his German counterpart since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.