Key facts
- Kyiv subway infrastructure damaged by Russian missile strikes.
- Two people wounded near Moscow after drones hit residential buildings and a medical facility.
- A Russian strike killed a woman and injured four others in the Kharkiv region.
- Energy infrastructure in the Kremenchuk area was hit by a drone.
- US envoy Steve Witkoff concluded talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Putin agreed to resume US-mediated peace talks with Kyiv as soon as next month.
Missiles struck Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, wounding 15 people and damaging subway infrastructure, according to a Reuters witness. Ukraine sent hundreds of drones toward Moscow overnight, with Russian authorities reporting that most were downed at long range. Two people were wounded near Moscow, and in Lipetsk, drones hit apartment buildings and a medical facility, injuring one man. In Ukraine's northeast, a Russian strike killed a woman and injured four others in the Kharkiv region. Energy infrastructure in the Kremenchuk area was also hit by a drone. The latest exchanges follow a Wednesday evening attack on Kyiv that wounded six people. The strikes occurred as US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff concluded talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelenskiy expressed support for a US proposal for three-way talks, and the Kremlin indicated Putin agreed to resume US-mediated peace talks as soon as next month. US President Donald Trump claimed the two sides were nearing a breakthrough in settling the war.
