Hours after American envoys left Kyiv carrying word of diplomatic progress, Russia sent ballistic and cruise missiles into the Ukrainian capital, striking residential neighborhoods and killing multiple people. The three-day ceasefire that had framed the visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner expired without extension, without explanation, and without mercy. It is an old and painful rhythm in the history of war — the handshake and the bombardment arriving in the same breath — and it forces the hardest question diplomacy must eventually answer: whether the parties at the table are negotiating
Russia strikes Kyiv after Trump envoys' peace mission as ceasefire collapses
Multiple people killed and dozens wounded across Ukraine; residents trapped in damaged residential buildings in Kyiv.