Russian strikes hit Kyiv after Witkoff meets Putin

Ukraine says ‘appeasement’ volition not extremity warfare arsenic Russian attacks termination 1, injure 22 successful its capital.

Russia and Ukraine person traded a caller barrage of attacks aft a United States envoy met Russia’s president successful St Petersburg to propulsion for renewed talks connected ending the war.

Russian attacks connected Kyiv overnight into Thursday killed astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic and injured 22, including 4 children, Ukraine’s nationalist exigency work said.

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Metro infrastructure was besides damaged astatine the Pivdenny Bridge, which spans the Dnipro River, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

In Russia, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 2 radical were wounded aft Ukraine launched a barrage of 630 drones connected the region, 163 of which were sent to the superior city. He said astir of the drones were intercepted.

The politician of the adjacent Tula portion said Russian aerial defences destroyed 70 drones. Another antheral was wounded successful the Lipetsk region, its politician said.

The speech of attacks came aft US peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin astatine Constantine Palace successful St Petersburg connected Wednesday.

During Witkoff’s visit, Russia released jailed US teacher Stephen Hubbard arsenic a goodwill gesture, prompting the US envoy to praise Putin arsenic a “humanitarian”.

US President Donald Trump aboriginal said helium believed the Russia-Ukraine warfare whitethorn beryllium arsenic adjacent arsenic it’s ever been to ending.

But the Kremlin was much guarded. While it said Moscow was “in principle” consenting to restart US-mediated talks with Ukraine, it warned determination was small “substance” successful Ukrainian and European bid proposals.

In caller days, a frustrated Trump has erstwhile again pivoted distant from Ukraine and backmost to Putin, trumpeting what helium said was a woody for heavy sanctioned Russia to sell diesel and trim substance prices sent soaring by the US-Israel warfare connected Iran.

Trump besides delayed a caller question of Russia-related sanctions, a determination helium defended connected Wednesday arsenic indispensable to unafraid Hubbard’s release.

Witkoff told Putin Washington was “grateful” for the diesel deal, which sparked outrage successful Kyiv and crossed Europe.

The war, Europe’s worst since World War II, has killed tens of thousands of radical since Russia’s full-scale February 2022 penetration of its neighbour.

Putin has consistently rejected face-to-face talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and insisted Moscow intends to prehend the remainder of eastbound Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha connected Thursday said “appeasement” would not halt Russia’s warfare campaign.

“Appeasement, servility, and flattery volition not halt this war,” helium wrote successful a station connected X. “Only spot will.”