Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv have resumed after a brief pause, killing 2 people and injuring 10 others, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The attacks damaged at least 14 high-rise buildings, including a school, clinic, and warehouses. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of launching "another massive, horrific attack" after the US peace envoys left Kyiv following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday. The strikes have sparked fires across the city and come amid a renewed push by the Trump administration to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
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US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, both close to President Donald Trump, will visit Moscow on Saturday and then Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on Sunday as part of a bid to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. This trip comes after Trump said that the US has an idea for peace in the conflict, which is now in its fifth year, but he did not provide any details about what this plan would entail. The two envoys are expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has confirmed that he will meet with them on Sunday. This effort to revive peace talks comes after months of stalemate in negotiations, with both sides accusing each other of stalling progress. In a separate development, Trump has said that European countries should repay the US for military aid and munitions previously sent to Ukraine, amid concerns about depleted US stockpiles due to the ongoing war with Russia and the conflict in Iran.
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Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv kill 2, ending pause in attacks
Russia resumes strikes after U.S. peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff leave Kyiv
Russia pummelled Kyiv with drones and missiles early on Tuesday, resuming its air attacks after a brief halt for the visit of U.S. peace negotiators, killing two people and triggering fires across the Ukrainian capital.
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Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 10 more had been injured in the city, while falling debris in one district caused fires at a five-storey apartment building and a three-storey residential block.
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The attack damaged at least 14 highrise buildings, a dorm, a school, a clinic, warehouses and other sites, officials said.
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Russia resumed its attacks after U.S. peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff left Kyiv following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, as the Trump administration renewed its push to end Russia's 4-1/2-year war in Ukraine.
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They arrived from talks in Moscow, after which the Kremlin said it did not rule out the resumption of the three-way negotiations.
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"The moment the U.S. president's peace envoys left, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin launched another massive, horrific attack against Kyiv," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X.
"His ballistic missiles speak louder than his words on diplomacy," Sybiha said, urging allies to ramp up pressure on Moscow, as well as to provide interceptors to down ballistic missiles, since Kyiv's stocks of these run critically low.
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Kyiv resident Iryna Barisenkova, 61, said she heard explosions while travelling on public transport and was told there was a large fire near the Darnytskyi Vehicle Repair Plant, or DVRZ, area on the capital's left bank.
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"Everything was thundering on the left bank," Barisenkova said.
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Russian air attacks kill 12 in Kyiv region on 6th day of strikes
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U.S. officials optimistic after Kyiv trip
Prior to the talks, Russia stepped up air attacks on Kyiv and nearby areas to nearly round-the-clock for several days, rather than mainly at night, using faster jet-propelled drones that killed residents and disrupted activities.
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The Russian defence ministry said Moscow hit military and logistic targets in Kyiv and the surrounding region, as well as in the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk, Russian newswires said.
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Poland activates aircraft
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Amid explosions heard in Kyiv, neighbouring Poland, a NATO and European Union member, launched preventive operations against Russian missile attacks on Ukraine, the Polish army said.
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Poland's Lublin airport has temporarily suspended flights because of the military operations.
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In Russia, Ukrainian drones damaged civilian infrastructure and injured people in the Volga river city of Saratov, some 730 kilometres southeast of Moscow, the regional governor said.
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The area is home to a large oil refinery run by state oil company Rosneft, as well as other industrial and military facilities.
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Meanwhile, two people were killed and one wounded in a Ukrainian attack on the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-appointed regional governor, said.
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