Russia fires 21 ballistic missiles at Kyiv hours after Putin agrees "in principle" to resume talks
Overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least two people and wounded 22, including four children, hours after the Kremlin said Putin had agreed in principle to new three-way talks with Ukraine and the US after 10 November. Zelensky said the attack showed no real change in Moscow's position.
Russia attacked Kyiv overnight into Thursday, 22 October, with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least two people and wounding 22, including four children, The Guardian reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired 21 missiles in three waves.
What was hit
Targets included the southern bridge over the Dnipro, homes, energy infrastructure, an ambulance station, office buildings and a monastery, according to The Guardian. Twelve regions were struck, including Odesa, where the port was badly damaged.
Talks announced the same day
The attack came hours after Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday that Vladimir Putin had agreed “in principle” to resume three-way negotiations with Ukraine and the United States after 10 November, following Putin’s meeting with US envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg. Ushakov also said the new “nuances” brought from talks in Oslo “do not entirely satisfy us”, Reuters reported.
“Almost immediately after another round of talks, Russia launched a pointed attack. This means there has been no real change in its attitude,” Zelensky said, and called for more air defence, Patriot interceptors and sanctions. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said “appeasement, servility and flattery” would not stop Russian aggression.
Russia said Ukraine launched 630 drones towards Moscow during the night, Reuters reported. The sides also exchanged the bodies of fallen soldiers: Moscow handed over 252 and Ukraine 25, according to Belarus’s state news agency Belta.
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