In the midst of peace negotiations, there was another serious Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital at night. It is the 1371st day of the war and Kiev recorded at least six dead and at least 13 wounded as of Tuesday morning. Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced this on Tuesday.
460 Russian drones and 22 missiles were fired at Kiev and the surrounding region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in X. They set fire to two multi-storey residential buildings in Kiev. According to information, the city authorities had to limit heat supply to some areas of Kyiv. Electricity and water supplies in the city were also disrupted, as Mayor Klitschko explained.
Images taken at night showed desperate and crying people watching their homes burn. A frightened child is calmed by emergency services. People stood in the street carrying only briefcases, houses burned in front of them. Last night the temperature in Kyiv was around freezing point. This is Ukraine’s fourth winter war.
Emergency workers carry a child from a burning house hit by Russian attacks
Three women stand stunned in front of their burning house in Kyiv
Main goal: “Everything that sustains life”
There was also devastation in the Odessa region – the port, food supplies and infrastructure were attacked, according to Zelensky “without doing so with any military intent.” President of Ukraine on
Two people in Kiev last night, one bundled up in temperatures around freezing point, the other still carrying a briefcase in his hand. The Russians also shot at their apartment
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister found clear words on the attack: “Putin’s “The response to the US peace proposal and President Trump was a terrorist attack: a missile and drone attack on Ukraine,” Andrij Sybiha said, Tuesday, in an online service.
A woman and a child were evacuated in Kyiv
Peace negotiations continue
In the latest diplomatic effort to end Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Delegations from the United States, Ukraine and several European countries held talks in Geneva on Sunday. It was about the 28-point plan proposed by the United States, which in its original version was very accommodating towards Moscow. Therefore, Ukraine and its allies are pushing for a revision.
After the talks in Switzerland, Kiev and its European partners talked of progress, but said they still saw much work to be done. On Monday, Russia rejected a proposed European counter to US plans for Ukraine as “unconstructive”.
A virtual meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Will, a Western support group for Ukraine, is planned for Tuesday.
Emergency services are extinguishing a fire in Kyiv
Thick smoke billows from a burning apartment in the Ukrainian capital
