Russia strikes Kyiv and region after US envoy visit, killing at least seven and injuring dozens

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Russia resumed drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens after a three-day pause tied to the visit of U.S. peace negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
In Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said five people died and nearly 30 were injured as overnight attacks set fires across multiple districts, damaging at least 14 high-rise buildings, a dormitory, a school, a clinic, warehouses and other sites. A daytime strike on a warehouse killed two more, bringing the city’s toll to seven, according to local reports . A Russian drone also partially destroyed a Ukrainian TV channel building, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said .
In Kyiv Oblast, a drone strike hit a warehouse in Bila Tserkva, sparking a fire, while another targeted the REEVA instant-food factory in the same industrial zone . Two people were killed and three injured in separate attacks across the region .
Ukraine’s air force reported downing nearly all cruise missiles and two ballistic missiles, but Zelenskyy described the assault as a complex operation aimed at maximizing civilian harm. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged allies to increase pressure on Moscow and supply interceptors, citing critically low stocks . The Russian Defense Ministry claimed the strikes targeted military and logistic sites in Kyiv and the surrounding region .
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