Welcome to the News Hour. Russia pounded Kiev overnight in one of its largest attacks on the Ukrainian capital since last summer.

Officials there say at least 12 people were killed and around 90 others were injured.

And it comes at a pivotal moment in the war. The U.S. proposed a peace deal yesterday and has threatened to pull the plug on talks if both sides don't reach an agreement soon.

Laura Barone Lopez has our report.

Blinding flashes and earth-trembling booms across Keeve overnight,

as Russian missiles and drones rained down for hours.

For some, it meant another night taking shelter on the cold, hard floor of a metro station.

But many Ukrainians say the attack came on too quickly to make it underground.

There was the air raid siren.

We did not even have time to dress to go out of the apartment.

One blast came after the other.

That became more clear today with each body pulled from the rubble.

The attack prompted Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky

to cut short a trip to South Africa.

And President Trump to deliver a rare rebuke of Russian President Vladimir Putin on truth social,

writing, I am not happy with the Russian strikes on Kiev.

Vladimir, stop, and let's get the peace deal done.

The president was referring to a deal the U.S. offered to Ukraine at a meeting in London yesterday.

Ukrainian and European officials reportedly responded with a counterproposal.

Under the U.S. proposal, Ukraine would give up the right to re-sease all occupied territory with its military.

Ukraine would not join NATO.

The U.S. would legally recognize Russian control of Crimea, but Ukraine wouldn't have to.

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