KYIV — Russia resumed drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital early Tuesday, ending a three-day pause that covered visits by U.S. peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said three people were killed. By midday, authorities put the city’s wounded tally at 19.
Officials reported fires across several districts and damage to high-rise buildings, a dormitory, a school, a clinic, warehouses, and other sites. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian drone partially destroyed a Ukrainian TV channel building in Kyiv, injuring five people. Ukraine’s air force said it downed nearly all cruise missiles and two ballistic missiles.
Both Moscow and Kyiv had halted strikes on their capitals for three days to secure the American visitors. After Kushner and Witkoff left Kyiv on Sunday following talks with Zelenskyy, the pause expired. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called the overnight assault a “horrific attack†and urged allies for more interceptor missiles.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces struck military industry and logistics targets in Kyiv and the surrounding region, as well as infrastructure at the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk. Zelenskyy said the U.S. envoys had offered “very good, worthwhile ideas†on ending the war and that he hoped to meet President Donald Trump around Sept. 20.
Sources: Reuters, AP, Al Jazeera
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