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Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure during Ukraine war
The story so farRussia resumed air attacks on Kyiv after the brief 72-hour pause that had been observed during the US envoys' visit, with a Ukrainian TV channel building struck by a Russian drone and five people killed in the capital, prompting Zelensky to call the daytime attack 'a new page in Russian degradation.' Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Russia's Novorossiysk naval base on the Black Sea, targeting several Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels, fuel storage facilities, and the Cheskharis terminal, according to Ukrainian intelligence services. Russia says a Ukrainian drone strike on the city of Novorossiysk killed four people, including a child, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region.
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How it developed
Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure during Ukraine war
- Russia resumed air attacks on Kyiv after the brief 72-hour pause that had been observed during the US envoys' visit, with a Ukrainian TV channel building struck by a Russian drone and five people killed in the capital, prompting Zelensky to call the daytime attack 'a new page in Russian degradation.'
- Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Russia's Novorossiysk naval base on the Black Sea, targeting several Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels, fuel storage facilities, and the Cheskharis terminal, according to Ukrainian intelligence services.
- Russia says a Ukrainian drone strike on the city of Novorossiysk killed four people, including a child, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region.
Kushner and Witkoff visit Kyiv to restart Ukraine Russia peace talks
- President Zelensky said the US envoys presented several 'decent ideas' during talks on how to end the war with Russia, though he offered no specifics.
- US envoy Steve Witkoff said he was 'encouraged' by the talks, with a White House official telling Reuters that next steps would be announced in the coming weeks.
- Zelensky said he plans to ask Donald Trump for US missiles to protect Ukraine against Russian ballistic missile attacks, following the renewed strikes on Kyiv.
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner Ukraine-Russia peace talks
- US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Kyiv on Sunday for their first-ever visit to the Ukrainian capital, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky the day after their talks with Putin in Moscow.
- Zelensky said the war looked likely to continue into winter, dampening expectations of a near-term ceasefire despite the diplomatic activity.
- A senior Ukrainian presidential official said the US envoys brought new, 'more effective' proposals to Kyiv aimed at ending the war with Russia.
US envoys meet Putin at Kremlin over Ukraine war peace negotiations
- US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday in talks lasting approximately three hours, aimed at reviving Ukraine peace negotiations that have been stalled for nearly eight months.
- Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to a 72-hour pause in air strikes on Kyiv and Moscow for the duration of the US envoys' visit.
- The Kremlin described the talks with Witkoff and Kushner as 'useful,' but offered no sign of a breakthrough, with Putin reiterating Russia's battlefield confidence and his conditions for a settlement.
Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner Ukraine-Russia peace mission
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