KYIV, Ukraine — Russia bombarded Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight into Thursday, just hours after the Kremlin said it had agreed “in principle” to resume three-way peace talks with Ukraine and the United States, The Guardian and Al Jazeera reported.
Ukraine’s national emergency service said at least one person was killed and 22 were injured in the capital, including four children, according to Al Jazeera. The Guardian put the toll at at least two dead. Targets included the Southern Bridge over the Dnipro River, homes, energy infrastructure, an ambulance station and a monastery, and 12 regions were hit across the country, including the port of Odesa.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answered with a jab at U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, who had called Vladimir Putin “a humanitarian” during their talks in St Petersburg on Wednesday:
“Almost immediately after another round of talks, Russia launched a pointed attack. This means there has been no real change in its attitude,” Zelenskyy said, according to The Guardian. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote that “appeasement, servility, and flattery will not stop this war. Only strength will.”
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said a new round of talks could be held around Nov. 10 in Abu Dhabi, a week after the U.S. midterm elections, BBC News reported. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the world was “maybe now the closest we’ve been” to ending the war.
Russia, meanwhile, said it shot down hundreds of Ukrainian drones overnight. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said two people were wounded as Ukraine sent a barrage of drones toward the Moscow region, Al Jazeera reported.
Sources: The Guardian, BBC News, Al Jazeera
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