Russia resumes drone strikes on Kyiv after three-day halt
Explosions and an air-raid alert were reported in Kyiv after a pause ordered by Vladimir Putin expired, as diplomatic efforts to end the war remain uncertain.
Russia resumed drone strikes on Kyiv late Monday after a three-day halt ordered by President Vladimir Putin expired, according to Ukraine’s emergency service. Explosions were reported in the capital early Tuesday, triggering car alarms and an air-raid alert.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said Russian drones attacked the Boryspil and Fastiv districts. The Kyiv city military administration urged residents to take shelter. The supplied material does not provide confirmed casualty or damage figures from the renewed strikes.
The pause coincided with visits by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv. The pair met Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in talks aimed at ending the war, which began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
France’s presidency said US negotiators had reported a “new willingness” by Russia to negotiate after the Duma elections. The assessment was relayed by French officials and was not presented as a direct statement from Moscow. The pause was described as a halt ordered by Putin, rather than a formal ceasefire.
Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko, separately said he had offered to resign for political reasons, saying he did not want the office used as an instrument of political confrontation. It was unclear whether his resignation had been accepted.
Russia’s defence ministry is also seeking to reclaim part of one-off payments made to contract soldiers convicted of crimes, according to a document cited by France 24. Moscow provides financial incentives and other benefits to bolster army numbers. Separately, Russia’s Saratov regional governor said a Ukrainian drone attack hit civilian infrastructure and injured some people; that account was not independently corroborated in the supplied material.
