Kyiv, Russia and drone strikes
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Ukraine, Witkoff and Jared Kushner
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Russia agreed not to bomb Ukraine’s capital during Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s visit there. The respite was short-lived.
Explosions were heard in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Tuesday morning as Russia resumed attacks following a three day-halt during a visit by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Despite talks between US envoys and both Putin and Zelensky, the expectation in Kyiv is the fighting will continue, writes James Landale.
President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner arrived in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday.
Each side is using missiles and drones to try to pound the other into giving up, breeding ceaseless human suffering. But there is no sign that either country’s determination will weaken.
Ukrainian drones also struck a launch and storage site for strike drones in Russia's Kursk Oblast and "a target" in the Black Sea, he added without providing further details.
Ukraine's third-biggest city Odesa decides this week whether to ban Russian-language content in music and literature in public.