Children injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say

Four children were among at least 14 people wounded in an overnight Russian air attack on the capital, Kiev, Ukrainian officials said.

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that two high-rise residential buildings were hit in the raids, without specifying whether they were hit directly or as a result of falling debris.

The military administration in Kiev said in a post on the Telegram application: “Everyone is receiving medical assistance, and some have been taken to hospital.”

Meanwhile, Russian air defenses destroyed a drone heading towards Moscow, according to the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin.

The strikes come at a time when US President Donald Trump said that he would not meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, unless he knew that “we will conclude an agreement,” days after plans to hold talks between the two sides. The meeting in Budapest collapsed.

“I’ve always had a great relationship with Vladimir Putin, but this was very disappointing,” Trump said aboard Air Force One. A week-long trip to Asia.

He added: “I thought this would have been accomplished before peace in the Middle East.”

Trump also said he would like China is assisting in efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

The US President is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday.

Ending the Russian-Ukrainian war has become a focal point for Trump in recent months, with him unable to reach a ceasefire agreement yet, despite his campaign promises to quickly resolve the situation.

A summit with Putin in August failed to produce any tangible results, and Trump’s frustration with Moscow grew.

“Every time I talk to Vladimir, I have good conversations and then they go nowhere,” Trump said earlier this week.

However, senior Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who met with US officials in Washington on Friday and Saturday, told CNN that he believes Russia, Ukraine and the United States are moving closer to a diplomatic solution to end the war.

“It is a big step on the part of President Zelensky to actually acknowledge that it is about battle lines,” Dmitriev said, referring to the Ukrainian president’s description of using the current front lines as a starting point for negotiations as a “good compromise.”

“As you know, his previous position was that Russia should leave completely, so I think we are reasonably close to a diplomatic solution that can be reached,” Dmitriev added.

Trump said so this week Talks with Putin ‘don’t go anywhere’ He announced new sanctions targeting the two largest oil companies in Russia – Rosneft and Lukoil.