One dead, two injured

One person has died and two more have been injured following a Russian air strike in the city of Kyiv.

Medical facility damaged

The Ukrainian capital was struck overnight, its Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed in the early hours of Monday morning, with a medical facility and a non-residential building damaged in the attack.

2,700 drones in a week

The strike - one of 2,700 attack drones raining down in Ukraine in the last week - comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with top US envoys over the weekend in an attempt to…

Zelensky's energy claims

Zelensky said on social media on Sunday: 'In total, over this past week, the Russians have attacked Ukraine with almost 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs, and 66 missiles, most of them ballistic.'

“In total, over this past week, the Russians have attacked Ukraine with almost 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs, and 66 missiles, most of them ballistic”

Energy targets

Zelensky warned that the main targets of these strikes are energy facilities - the Russians are trying to cause a blackout.

Zelensky on Trump

Zelensky accused US President Donald Trump of not wanting to end the war with Russia, speaking with US officials Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as both Ukraine and Russia ramped up hits to each other's…

Moscow's power cuts

Moscow has left thousands in Ukraine without power, while Kyiv carried out its largest drone attack on Saint Petersburg since the beginning of the war in 2022.

Saint Petersburg attack

Late on Sunday, Ukraine's army launched drones on Saint Petersburg which set an oil refinery ablaze, killing one and leaving five others hospitalised in the city.

Zelensky on energy ceasefire

Zelensky recently accused Russia of breaking Mr Trump's 'energy ceasefire' 76 times and warned the American officials of Moscow's plans to deprive Ukrainians of heat and electricity before winter.

Trump's diesel deal

Yet Mr Zelensky and Mr Trump clashed as the US president blocked new sanctions on Russia and struck a diesel deal with Moscow, fuelling fears in Kyiv and Europe the White House was steering towards…

Trump's peace claims

On Sunday, Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform he was in the process of negotiating a peace between Russia and Ukraine and making 'great progress', but claimed: 'Zelenskyy doesn't care, and frankly, with…

“Zelenskyy doesn't care, and frankly, with all of the money that Europe is famously giving him... he doesn't want to end this war, and probably never did”

Zelensky on US position

After speaking to Trump's business partner Witkoff and son-in-law Kushner, Mr Zelensky said 'a lot depends' on the US position in the war but 'it is clear that there are many things that matter to…

Zelensky on Ukraine

Ukraine was ready to work 'constructively' and 'honestly', he said. 'We expect exactly this approach from all our partners - both from the Europeans and, of course, from the American side.'

Kremlin's stance

The Kremlin, however, confirmed Ukrainian attacks on its cities will not change its war aims.

Putin's goals

Putin has repeatedly said Moscow intends to seize the rest of eastern Ukraine, and, in a fifth year of war, few see a way out of the conflict.

Local reactions

Saint Petersburg resident Galina said: 'There's a general feeling: they're attacking, we're attacking - it's become the dreadful routine of war.'

“There's a general feeling: they're attacking, we're attacking - it's become the dreadful routine of war”

Sergei's experience

Sergei, another Saint Petersburg resident, said he felt his apartment block shake and quickly realised it was a drone attack. 'I don't know if I was scared, what must be will be,' he said.

“I don't know if I was scared, what must be will be”