Russian strikes hit Kyiv after Witkoff meets Putin

Ukraine says ‘appeasement’ will not end war as Russian attacks kill 1, injure 22 in its capital.Russia and Ukraine have traded a new barrage of attacks after a United States envoy met Russia’s president in St Petersburg to push for renewed talks on ending the war.Russian attacks on Kyiv overnight into Thursday killed at least one person and injured 22, including four children, Ukraine’s national emergency service said.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Russia releases American Stephen Hubbard after four years in prisonlist 2 of 3Russia to send first diesel tanker to the US amid Trump deallist 3 of 3Russia willing to resume peace talks with Ukraine, US after Witkoff visitend of listMetro infrastructure was also damaged at the Pivdenny Bridge, which spans the Dnipro River, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.In Russia, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said two people were wounded after Ukraine launched a barrage of 630 drones on the region, 163 of which were sent to the capital city. He said most of the drones were intercepted.The governor of the nearby Tula region said Russian air defences destroyed 70 drones. Another man was wounded in the Lipetsk region, its governor said.The exchange of attacks came after US special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Constantine Palace in St Petersburg on Wednesday.During Witkoff’s visit, Russia released jailed US teacher Stephen Hubbard as a goodwill gesture, prompting the US envoy to praise Putin as a “humanitarian”.US President Donald Trump later said he believed the Russia-Ukraine war may be as close as it’s ever been to ending.But the Kremlin was more guarded. While it said Moscow was “in principle” willing to restart US-mediated talks with Ukraine, it warned there was little “substance” in Ukrainian and European peace proposals.In recent days, a frustrated Trump has once again pivoted away from Ukraine and back to Putin, trumpeting what he said was a deal for heavily sanctioned Russia to sell diesel and reduce fuel prices sent soaring by the US-Israel war on Iran.