Russian strikes kill 3 in Kyiv, injure 29, as efforts to end war continue

Russian drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the surrounding area killed at least three people in the early hours of Saturday, local officials said.

The attacks came just before a second round of peace negotiations was set to begin, as a renewed US-led push to end the war gathers steam this week.

A team on Saturday was headed to the United States for talks on Washington’s plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

On its official Telegram channel, the Kyiv City Military Administration said two people were killed in Saturday’s strikes on the capital, and a woman died in a combined missile and drone attack on the broader Kyiv region.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 29 people were wounded, noting that falling debris from intercepted Russian drones hit residential buildings. He also said the western part of Kyiv had lost power.

“Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine and head of the Ukrainian delegation Rustem Umerov, together with the team, is already on the way to the United States,” Zelensky said in a post on X on Saturday.