Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv as US envoys leave


People take shelter inside a metro station during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 8, 2026. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Sept 8 (Reuters) - 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, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

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 blockwere ⁠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 PresidentVolodymyr 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, according to the regional governor.

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

(Reporting by Valentyn Ogirenko in Kyiv; Writing by Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Kate Mayberry)

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