Overnight Russian drone attacks sparked a fire in Kyiv, injured a woman and damaged several houses in the northeastern city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials say.
No injuries were reported in the attack that sparked a fire at a non-residential building in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a post on the Telegram messaging app on Monday.
But a 38-year-old woman was hospitalised after Russia launched drones at Sumy, which is the administrative centre of the broader Sumy region, Ihor Kalchenko, governor of the region said on Telegram.
Five houses were also damaged, he added.
The extent of the Russian overnight attack on Ukraine was not immediately known. There was no comment from Russia.
Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia started with its full-scale invasion in February 2022. But thousands of civilians have died in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainian.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz has flagged top US officials will meet with European counterparts this week to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine, nearly three years after Russia launched an all-out invasion.
Less than a day earlier, the New York Post reported that Trump had a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to discuss steps toward a negotiated solution.
There was no immediate confirmation from the White House or the Kremlin.
Waltz said the Russian economy is not doing well and that Trump “is prepared to tax, to tariff, to sanction” Moscow to get Putin to the negotiating table.
But Waltz also underscored the Trump administration is looking to use this week’s engagements to begin talks on clawing back some of the United States’ assistance to Ukraine.
He said European allies will also need to take a greater role in supporting Ukraine going forward.
“We need to recoup those costs and that is going to be a partnership with the Ukrainians in terms of their natural resources and their oil and gas and also buying ours,” Waltz said on NBC.
“Those conversations are going to happen this week. And I think an underlying principle here is that the Europeans have to own this conflict going forward. President Trump is going to end it. And then in terms of security guarantees, that is squarely going to be with the Europeans.’’
with AP
