Russian air strikes kill 4 as US and Ukraine wrap up third day of diplomatic talks

KYIV: Russian missile, drone and shelling attacks overnight and Sunday killed at least four people in Ukraine, after US and Ukrainian officials wrapped up a third day of talks aimed at ending the war.

A man was killed in a drone attack on Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region Saturday night, local officials said, while a combined missile and drone attack on infrastructure in the central city of Kremenchuk caused power and water outages. Kyiv and its Western allies say Russia is trying to cripple the Ukrainian power grid and deny civilians access to heat, light and running water for a fourth consecutive winter.




Three people were killed and 10 others wounded Sunday in shelling by Russian troops in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, according to the regional prosecutor's office. The latest round of attacks came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday evening he had a "substantive phone call" with US officials engaged in talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida.

Speaking Saturday, US President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, said efforts to end the war were in "the last 10 meters." Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed the Trump administration's new national security strategy. In comments published Sunday, he said the strategy was "encouraging." "There are statements against confrontation and in favour of dialogue and building good relations," he said.