Russian drones kill two people near Ukraine's Kharkiv overnight, governor says


Oct 21 (Reuters) - ⁠Russian drones killed two people ⁠near Ukraine's second-largest city of ‌Kharkiv overnight, Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram on Wednesday.

Another 11 people suffered ​stress reactions in ⁠the attack that ⁠struck private houses and caused other ⁠damage, he ‌said.

In Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, a Russian ⁠airstrike hit a high-storey apartment building ​and transport ‌infrastructure, causing fires, Mayor Vitalii ⁠Klitschko said ​on Telegram.

There was also a strike on a university in ⁠Kremenchuk in the Poltava region ​that injured two, local authorities said.

The fresh strikes came ahead of ⁠a meeting scheduled between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

A US official ​said Witkoff had "constructive" ⁠talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ​in Norway on ‌Tuesday.

(Reporting by Jekaterīna Golubkova ​in Tokyo; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Tom Hogue)

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