Russian attacks on Kyiv and Kharkiv kill one, injure 15 as air raid alerts sound, following US-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi.
KYIV: Russian strikes killed one person and injured at least 15 others in Ukraine’s capital and the northeastern city of Kharkiv overnight.
The country was under an air raid alert with military authorities in Kyiv warning of drones and ballistic missiles.
“Kyiv is under a massive enemy attack. Do not leave shelters!” Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on Telegram.
He added that several non-residential buildings had been hit and that three of the four wounded in the capital had been hospitalised.
Fires broke out in several buildings hit by drone debris while heat and water services in parts of the capital were interrupted.
Farther east in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, Mayor Igor Terekhov reported an attack by Iranian-made Shahed drones.
He said the drones damaged several residential buildings near the Russian border, leaving more than 11 people wounded.
The strikes come after negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States met in Abu Dhabi for direct talks.
The talks are focused on a plan being pushed by US President Donald Trump to end the almost four-year-long war.
Ahead of the talks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said territory remained the key sticking point.
Moscow is insisting Kyiv pull out of the eastern Donbas region.
