At least two people dead after Russian strikes on Kyiv

What the report says

At least two people were killed and 10 others injured after Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv early on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian officials cited by BBC World News. Air raid alerts sounded across the capital as explosions were reported overnight, and residents again took shelter in metro stations and other protected spaces during the attack.

The BBC said the strikes damaged residential areas, including a five-storey apartment building in the Solomianskyi district, and set vehicles on fire in the Podilskyi district. Ukrainian authorities also said the assault came despite a recent understanding between Russia and Ukraine to pause attacks on each other’s capitals for three days while US President Donald Trump’s envoys visited both countries.

The report placed the attack in the context of wider diplomacy around the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky said after talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner that he expected the conflict to continue into winter, and that no major breakthrough had emerged from the discussions. The BBC also noted that Kyiv has been experiencing an unusually high number of daily air raid alerts since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. In a separate development reported by the broadcaster, Russian officials said a Ukrainian drone attack struck buildings in Saratov.