Russian strikes on Kyiv kill three as Ukraine envoys travel to US for talks

Two radical were killed successful the strikes connected the capital, and a pistillate died successful a combined rocket and drone onslaught connected the broader Kyiv region, officials said.

Russian drone and rocket strikes successful and astir Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, person killed astatine slightest 3 people and wounded dozens of others, officials said, arsenic Ukrainian representatives travelled to the United States for talks connected a renewed propulsion to extremity the war.

“Russia changeable dozens of cruise and ballistic missiles and implicit 500 drones astatine mean homes, the vigor grid, and captious infrastructure,” Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote connected X connected Saturday.

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“While everyone is discussing points of bid plans, Russia continues to prosecute its ‘war plan’ of 2 points: to termination and destroy,” helium added.

The Kyiv City Military Administration said 2 radical were killed successful the strikes connected the superior successful Kyiv. A pistillate died, and 8 radical were wounded successful a combined rocket and drone onslaught connected the broader Kyiv region, according to the determination police.

Vehicles pain aft being damaged during a Russian rocket and drone onslaught connected Kyiv, amid Russia’s onslaught connected Ukraine, November 29, 2025 [Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters]

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 29 radical were wounded successful Kyiv, noting that falling debris from intercepted Russian drones deed residential buildings. He besides said the occidental portion of Kyiv had mislaid power.

Kyiv’s subject medication head, Tymur Tkachenko, said successful a societal media station that a 42-year-old antheral was killed by a drone, portion the man’s 10-year-old lad was taken to infirmary with “burns and different injuries”.

“The satellite should cognize that Russia is targeting full families,” Tkachenko said, adding that the lad was the lone kid recorded among the injured truthful far.

Following the attacks connected Kyiv, EU Ambassador Katarina Mathernova formed uncertainty connected Russia’s stated involvement successful a bid deal.

“While the satellite discusses a imaginable bid deal. Moscow answers with missiles, not diplomacy,” Mathernova said successful a station connected X.

Ukraine squad heads to US

On the diplomatic front, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that his negotiators had near for Washington to question a “dignified peace” and a accelerated extremity to the warfare begun by Russia successful 2022.

Zelenskyy is nether increasing unit from Washington to hold to a US connection to extremity the warfare that critics accidental heavy favours Moscow.

The Ukrainian squad is being led by erstwhile defence main Rustem Umerov, pursuing the resignation connected Friday of his main of unit Andriy Yermak amid a corruption probe.

“The task is clear: to swiftly and substantively enactment retired the steps needed to extremity the war,” helium posted connected X.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and caput of the Ukrainian delegation Rustem Umerov, unneurotic with the team, is already connected the mode to the United States. Rustem delivered a study today, and the task is clear: to swiftly and substantively enactment out…

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) November 29, 2025

“Ukraine continues to enactment with the United States successful the astir constructive mode possible, and we expect that the results of the meetings successful Geneva volition present beryllium hammered retired successful the United States.”

At Kyiv’s insistence, US President Donald Trump’s archetypal 28-point program to extremity the warfare was revised during talks successful Geneva with European and US officials. However, galore contentious issues stay unresolved.

Black Sea attacks

Separately connected Saturday, an authoritative from the SBU information work said that Ukraine had deed 2 tankers utilized by Russia to export lipid portion skirting Western sanctions with marine drones successful the Black Sea.

The associated cognition to deed the alleged “shadow fleet” vessels was tally by the SBU and Ukraine’s navy, the authoritative told the Reuters quality bureau connected information of anonymity.

Turkish authorities person said that blasts rocked 2 shadiness fleet tankers adjacent Turkiye’s Bosphorus Strait connected Friday, causing fires connected the vessels, and rescue operations were launched for those connected board.

This video drawback taken from images released by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) shows fume rising from a cargo vessel connected occurrence successful the Black Sea disconnected the Turkish coast, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian struggle [AFP]

The SBU authoritative said some tankers – identified arsenic the Kairos and Virat – were bare and connected their mode to the larboard of Novorossiysk, a large Russian lipid terminal.

“Video [footage] shows that aft being hit, some tankers sustained captious harm and were efficaciously taken retired of service. This volition woody a important stroke to Russian lipid transportation,” the authoritative said. They did not accidental erstwhile the strikes took place.

Ukraine has consistently called for tougher planetary measures for Russia’s “shadow fleet”, which it says is helping Moscow export immense quantities of lipid and money its warfare successful Ukraine contempt Western sanctions.