Russia has launched multiple drone and missile strikes on Ukraine as the latest peace efforts by US President Donald Trump appear to be faltering. The attack killed at least two civilians in Kiev and injured dozens across the country in the early hours of Wednesday, according to air defense and local authorities. Targets included residential areas and energy infrastructure in the capital, the central Poltava region as well as Zaporizhzhia in the south. The port city of Izmail on the Danube was also hit, officials said on Telegram. Ahead of winter, Moscow intensified strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, cutting off more than half of its gas production essential for heating. Chernihiv in the north and Sumy in the northeast were left without water and power supplies for several days as a result of the increasing Russian attacks. Ukraine’s energy ministry estimates that October has become one of the toughest months in terms of the severity of attacks on the country’s grid, transport networks and gas production facilities since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, now well into its fourth year. The latest strikes came as a planned second summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was put in jeopardy. The US leader said on Tuesday he did not want “a wasted meeting” with his Russian counterpart, which was planned in Budapest within weeks. Trump said he had not made a determination to scrap the meeting, but reiterated his desire — rejected by the Kremlin — to see current battleground lines frozen as part of a ceasefire agreement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will be in Stockholm on Wednesday as he seeks military aid, including air defense. European Union leaders will then discuss additional sanctions targeting the Kremlin as well as financial aid to Ukraine using frozen Russian central bank assets at their summit in Brussels on Thursday. Ukraine’s allies of the so-called Coalition of the Willing are due to meet on Friday. European nations are working with Ukraine on a 12-point proposal to end Russia’s war along current battle lines, pushing back against Putin’s renewed demands on the US for Kiev to surrender territory in exchange for a peace deal. A peace council chaired by Trump will oversee implementation of the proposed plan, according to people familiar with the matter. Separately, Ukraine’s general staff said late Tuesday that the country’s air force, along with other units, had struck a chemical plant in Russian Bryansk, about 100 km from the border with Ukraine. Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles were used, the General Staff said in a post on X. ©2025 Bloomberg LP This article was generated from an automated news agency feed with no text modifications.
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