Russian strikes kill seven in Ukraine after US envoy meets Putin

Author: vanguardngr.comPublished on: October 22, 2026Country: Ukraine
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Russian strikes kill seven in Ukraine after US envoy meets Putin

Russian strikes killed seven people in Ukraine, including three in Zaporizhzhia and two in the Donetsk region, while attacks wounded 15 people in Kyiv and damaged metro infrastructure. In Russia, authorities reported two people wounded in the Moscow region during a barrage involving 630 drones, and another injured in the Lipetsk region. The attacks followed US envoy Steve Witkoff’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg; Donald Trump said negotiators might be closer than ever to ending the war. Moscow and Kyiv expressed support for resuming trilateral talks with the United States, which the Kremlin wants to hold in mid-November with a focus on post-war security.

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