At least 12 killed in Russian airstrikes on Kyiv following U.S. envoys' visit
Strikes resume in Kyiv and Odesa after a temporary three-day ceasefire prompted by visits from U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Quick Look
At least 12 people were killed in Russian airstrikes on Kyiv and the Odesa region following the end of a three-day ceasefire tied to visits by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
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Why It Matters
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv to discuss peace efforts, leading to a temporary pause in attacks.
At least 12 people were killed overnight Monday into Tuesday in the first Russian airstrikes on Kyiv since the three-day ceasefire prompted by the visit of U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, authorities in the capital said.
Administrative buildings, warehouses, schools and residential buildings were damaged in six districts of Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. At least 10 people were injured.
The overnight attack extended beyond the Ukrainian capital to the Odesa region. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it "a complex strike" that "tried to plan to cause as much harm to life as possible."
Both Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered a pause on attacks on Moscow and Kyiv as Witkoff and Kushner traveled to both capitals for talks over the weekend.
"Please come more often, so that our people have the chance to live normally," the Ukrainian leader joked at a press conference with the U.S. envoys in Kyiv on Sunday.
"As soon as the U.S. presidential peace envoys left the city, Putin launched another massive and horrific attack on Kyiv," Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday. "[Putin's] ballistic missiles speak louder than his words on diplomacy," the minister added.
On September 6, U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Kyiv for the first time as Washington renewed its peace efforts, following talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Witkoff said "substantive progress was made" during the visits, "including movement on scheduling additional trilateral talks".
Veronika Melkozerova contributed reporting.
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Open Questions
- Will trilateral talks continue despite the renewed strikes?
- What further measures will Ukraine take in response?
