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Russia’s attacks on Ukraine kill six after Zelenskyy-Trump talks

Russia launched attacks on Ukraine, killing at least six people, including two in Kyiv and four in the Donetsk region. The strikes occurred shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US President Donald Trump to discuss potential peace efforts, including a bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets.

Al Jazeera StaffAl JazeeraFiled 2026-09-23 · 14:58 GMTLean · CenterRead · 2 min
Russia’s attacks on Ukraine kill six after Zelenskyy-Trump talks
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Russia launched attacks on Ukraine, killing at least six people, including two in Kyiv and four in the Donetsk region. The strikes occurred shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US President Donald Trump to discuss potential peace efforts, including a bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets. Kyiv experienced a rare daytime attack involving fast, high-flying jet drones that are difficult to intercept. These drones hit civilian and critical infrastructure, such as a nine-storey building, a business center, warehouses, and petrol stations. In the Donetsk region, an aerial bomb attack killed four people.

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Russia continues to turn civilian and critical infrastructure into targets like pharmaceutical facilities, gas stations, and shopping malls.

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy met Trump and discussed a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets.

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A Russian aerial bomb attack killed at least four people and injured four others in a village in the Donetsk region.

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Russia attacked Ukraine with faster, high-flying jet drones, killing two and injuring over 30 in Kyiv.

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy met Trump on Tuesday and discussed a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets.At least two people have been killed in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, along with four others in the front-line Donetsk region, as Russia pounds the country just hours after US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed peace efforts.The rare daytime attack on Kyiv was carried out with faster and high-flying jet drones that are harder to intercept and lasted for hours from the morning into early afternoon on Wednesday, killing two and injuring more than 30 others, according to local officials.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Mali marks independence amid a worsening security crisislist 2 of 3Russian strikes on Ukraine kill three as Zelenskyy arrives for UN summitlist 3 of 3Why the world should care about the far right’s rise in Germanyend of listZelenskyy said Russia had deployed many drones against the city, with a large number of them jet-powered.“Russia continues to turn civilian and critical infrastructure into targets: pharmaceutical facilities, ‌gas stations, railways, communications infrastructure, and shopping malls,” he said on X.Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a Russian drone hit a nine-storey non-residential building in his city, as well as a business centre and warehouses.Ukrainian oil company Ukrnafta said Russia hit one of its petrol stations in the capital, the sixth such facility attacked in recent weeks. In total, two petrol stations came ‌under attack, authorities said.The chief executive of the Ukrainian railway operator, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, said railway infrastructure in the capital was also attacked and that one of its workers was injured.A separate Russian aerial bomb attack killed at least four people and injured four others in a village in the front-line Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, the regional governor said on Telegram.
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