Russia and Ukraine carried out drone strikes overnight that killed civilians and damaged industrial and civilian sites, while U.S. envoys continued efforts to secure a ceasefire through meetings with leaders from both sides.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces intercepted 1,198 Ukrainian drones across more than 15 regions. Volgograd’s governor said four people were killed and two injured in an industrial area hit in the attack. The area has a major oil refinery, but officials had not confirmed that the refinery itself was hit.
In Ukraine, local authorities said Russian attacks killed two people in Odesa. They said five more were killed in Zaporizhzhia, including a 17-year-old boy. One strike set a Kyiv hospital on fire and injured one person.
An attack in Rivne damaged a kindergarten and wounded six people, including two children. Local officials provided the death tolls and damage reports, and not all of them could be independently confirmed. The attacks came after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
They then held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Dublin. Earlier U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi led to an agreement in principle on a prisoner exchange. But the talks made no breakthrough toward ending the war.
Control of territory and security guarantees remain major obstacles.