Russian and Ukrainian attacks kill seven as Witkoff meets Putin in St Petersburg
Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged overnight attacks, killing seven people in Ukraine and wounding others, just hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg. The strikes underscored the gap between renewed diplomatic optimism from Washington and the continuing violence, as Donald Trump said negotiators might be closer to ending the war.
Russia reported that 630 drones were fired towards its region, with 163 approaching Moscow; officials said two people were wounded there and one in Lipetsk. In Ukraine, deaths were reported in Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk, while strikes wounded 15 people in Kyiv and damaged metro infrastructure. The Kremlin said it was open in principle to resuming trilateral talks in mid-November, focused on post-war security; Ukraine also backed renewed talks.
In short
- Overnight attacks killed seven people in Ukraine.
- Kyiv reported 15 wounded and damage to metro infrastructure.
- Moscow says trilateral talks could resume in mid-November.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Putin pounds Ukraine with drone strikes just hours after Trump envoy Steve Witkoff declared him a ‘humanitarian’”.