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Ten injured in Kyiv as Zelenskyy expects talks with US envoys in coming days

From Al Jazeera · () English

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  • At least 10 people, including a child and six medical workers, were injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv; an initial report of one death was later withdrawn.
  • Ukraine’s state energy company Naftogaz said Russian strikes caused substantial damage to its production facilities.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said US envoys would meet officials in Moscow and Kyiv in the coming days as efforts to end the war remained stalled.

At least 10 people, including a child and six medical workers, were injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said. Authorities initially reported one death but later said that information was incorrect.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the attack damaged the ninth floor of a residential high-rise and led to the evacuation of 15 people. Video shared on unofficial Telegram channels showed a large fireball, while local media reported further explosions. An air raid alert remained in force for more than two hours. Klitschko also said six people had been wounded in earlier strikes during more than a week of sustained attacks on the capital.

Ukraine’s state oil and gas company Naftogaz said Russia had also attacked its production sites, causing significant equipment damage. It did not identify the location of the facilities.

We expect to see the envoys of the president of America here in Kyiv. We have confirmation from them

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy’s statement that US envoys were expected in Kyiv.

Elsewhere, one person was killed and five injured when a Ukrainian drone struck a bus in Horlivka, in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Interfax reported. The agency quoted Russian-installed city mayor Ivan Prikhodko, who called it a targeted attack. One person was also killed and four injured in a separate drone strike on a passenger bus in Russia’s Belgorod region, according to local authorities. The claims could not be independently verified, and both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians.

The attacks came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he expected envoys from US President Donald Trump to visit Kyiv in the coming days. “We expect to see the envoys of the president of America here in Kyiv. We have confirmation from them,” Zelenskyy said. He added that the envoys would hold meetings in Moscow and Kyiv as diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine remained stalled.

They will have meetings in Moscow and in Kyiv. We are counting on a meeting in the coming days

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy’s description of the planned US diplomatic contacts.
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Originally published by Al Jazeera in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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