Six people were injured in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv overnight into Oct. 22, as Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Moscow could resume talks with Ukraine and the United States next month.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said four of the injured needed hospital treatment. Ukraine’s Airforce warned of additional ballistic missiles approaching the capital and told residents to remain in shelters.
The Straits Times reported that the strikes followed a meeting in Saint Petersburg on Oct. 21, when U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ushakov told reporters Russia was prepared in principle to restart three-way talks with Kyiv and Washington around mid-November, after the U.S. midterm elections. He said the discussions should focus on postwar security.
Ushakov said Witkoff updated Putin on Kyiv’s and European approaches from the Oslo meeting, but judged them to have little substance. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists Kyiv favored arranging a meeting soon. Witkoff said follow-up discussions involving the United States, Ukraine and Russia would continue at the technical level.
