Two dead in renewed Russian airstrike on Kyiv after brief truce
At least two people have been killed after Russia resumed airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on Tuesday, officials said.
The attack came after both countries agreed to halt strikes on each other's capitals for three days while U.S. Donald Trump’s top envoys visited Moscow and Kyiv. Despite the pause, the night‑time assault struck residential buildings—including a five‑storey apartment block in the Solomianskyi district—and set vehicle fires in the Podilskyi district, killing two people and injuring ten others, Kyiv’s state emergency service reported on Telegram.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expected the war to continue into winter following talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, their first visit to Ukraine since Russia’s full‑scale invasion. Zelensky also called for a trilateral meeting with Russia and the U.S. to discuss further actions. The talks finished without major breakthroughs, according to officials.
A series of explosions across Kyiv overnight forced civilians to take shelter inside a metro station—a routine precaution during ongoing bombing campaigns. In Russia, buildings in the city of Saratov were struck in a Ukrainian drone attack, its regional governor Roman Busargin said on Telegram early Tuesday.
According to a BBC Verify analysis, Kyiv is experiencing more air‑raid alerts than at any time since Russia’s invasion in 2022.
