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    Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv as US envoys leave

    Ahad Raza MirSeptember 8, 2026 2 min read
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    Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv as US envoys leave
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    Russia resumed airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on Tuesday, shortly after the departure ​of U.S. peace negotiators, attacking the city with ballistic ‌missiles and injuring six people…

    People were also trapped in a residential building and there were fires across Kyiv, Klitschko ​said on the Telegram messaging app, after what he ​said were Russian ballistic missile strikes. A five-storey apartment building ⁠and a three-storey residential block were damaged by falling debris, ​the Kyiv Military Administration said on Telegram separately, asking people ​to seek shelter.

    As explosions were heard in Kyiv, neighbouring Poland, a NATO and European Union member, began military aviation operations to protect its airspace ​against a risk of violation, its armed forces said on ​X.Russia resumed its attacks after U.S. peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff left ‌following ⁠a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday, as the Trump administration renewed its push to end Russia's 4-1/2 year war in Ukraine.

    They arrived from talks in Moscow, after which ​the Kremlin said it ​did not ⁠rule out the resumption of the three-way negotiations. In Russia, Ukrainian drones damaged civilian infrastructure and injured people ​in the Volga river city of Saratov, some ​730 ⁠km (450 miles) southeast of Moscow,.

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    The area is home to a large oil refinery run by state ⁠oil company ​Rosneft (ROSN.MM) as well as a number ​of other industrial and military facilities.

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    Written by Ahad Raza Mir

    Aman-e-Pakistan Senior Journalist & Bureau Reporter

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