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Russia, Ukraine exchange strikes as US envoy leaves after talks

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Missiles struck Kyiv on Thursday morning, wounding 15 people and damaging subway infrastructure near the Southern Bridge over the Dnipro River. Ukraine retaliated by sending hundreds of drones towards Moscow, which injured two people in the capital. Other strikes hit energy infrastructure in Kremenchuk and caused injuries in Kharkiv and Lipetsk. These attacks occurred as US envoy Steve Witkoff left after mediating talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to potentially resume peace negotiations.
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On October 22, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg and praised him as a "humanitarian," Russia launched missile strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, wounding 15 people and damaging infrastructure. Ukrainian forces responded by sending hundreds of drones towards Moscow overnight. The Kremlin had previously stated it was willing to resume trilateral talks with Ukraine and the U.S., though dismissed new peace proposals as lacking substance. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mocked Witkoff's praise, calling Russian attacks "humanitarian" and noting that three waves of ballistic missiles hit Kyiv since the evening before, damaging residential buildings, energy facilities, and metro infrastructure. Strikes also occurred in other regions like Kharkiv and Sumy, killing at least two people and wounding 34 more. Despite initial optimism from Trump about progress towards ending the war, Zelenskyy claimed Russia's position had not changed, as evidenced by the renewed attacks shortly after agreeing to new peace talks.

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Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukraine supported a US proposal for three-way talks with Russia and the United States at the level of negotiators to be held as soon as possible, and the Kremlin said Putin has agreed to resume US-mediated peace talks with Kyiv as soon as next month.
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🔮 In Russia, two people were wounded near Moscow after 630 drones were sent towards the capital during the night, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram.
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Russia, Ukraine exchange strikes as US envoy leaves after talks · assertive framing

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Russia, Ukraine exchange strikes as US envoy leaves after talks KYIV, Oct 22 - asserted
envoy → leave → talks
Missiles struck Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, a Reuters witness said, and Ukraine sent hundreds of drones towards Moscow overnight, as the two sides kept up a barrage of attacks despite the latest US mediation attempts to end the war. asserted
sides → strike → war
The Russian strikes wounded 15 people and damaged subway infrastructure on the Southern Bridge over the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian capital while also restricting traffic there, Kyiv authorities said. asserted
authorities → wound → traffic
The strikes followed another attack on the city on Wednesday evening that wounded six people. asserted
that → follow → people
A Russian strike killed a woman and injured another four people in the Kharkiv region in Ukraine's northeast, Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram. asserted
Syniehubov → kill → Telegram
A drone also hit energy infrastructure in the Kremenchuk area in the Poltava region, a local official said on Telegram, without giving details. asserted
official → hit → details
Located on the Dnipro River, Kremenchuk is a major industrial hub and home to one of Ukraine's biggest oil refineries. asserted
Kremenchuk → locate → refineries
The area has been repeatedly hit by Russian strikes, including a 2022 attack on a crowded shopping mall that killed at least 21 people. asserted
that → hit → people
In Russia, two people were wounded near Moscow after 630 drones were sent towards the capital during the night, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram. asserted
Sobyanin → wound → Telegram
Most of the drones were downed at long range, he added. asserted
he → down → range
In the city of Lipetsk - home to a major steel plant some 400 km (250 miles) south of Moscow - a man was injured as drones hit apartment buildings and a medical facility, Governor Igor Artamonov said on the Telegram app. asserted
Artamonov → injure → app
Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 after annexing the Crimea peninsula from its southern neighbour eight years earlier, locking the two nations into the deadliest conflict on the European continent since World War Two. asserted
Russia → invade → War
The latest strikes come after US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff held talks this week with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia's President Vladimir Putin to mediate an end to the conflict. asserted
Witkoff → come → conflict
Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukraine supported a US proposal for three-way talks with Russia and the United States at the level of negotiators to be held as soon as possible, and the Kremlin said Putin has agreed to resume US-mediated peace talks with Kyiv as soon as next month. asserted
Putin → say → month
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