In the early hours of a Thursday morning, Russian missiles fell on Kyiv and Odesa, wounding at least thirteen people — among them a child — in the kind of strike that has become a grim rhythm of this long war. The attacks arrived even as both governments signaled willingness to return to the negotiating table in October, a contradiction that speaks to the war's deepest impasse: the distance between the language of diplomacy and the logic of bombardment. Previous talks in early 2026 collapsed without resolution, and the territorial questions at the heart of the conflict remain as unyielding as
Russian airstrikes wound 13 in Kyiv, Odesa as war enters fifth winter
At least 13 people injured including a child in apartment building strikes; civilians sheltering from airstrikes.