Conflict & Security
Russia launches missile barrage on Kyiv hours after agreeing to resume talks with Ukraine
October 22, 2026 at 11:57 AM
3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English
MAMasrawy
زيلينسكي: روسيا أطلقت 21 صاروخا على كييف ونسعى لاجتماع ثلاثي قريبا
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زيلينسكي: نسعى لمحادثات ثلاثية مع روسيا وأمريكا مطلع نوفمبر لإنهاء الحرب
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TGThe Guardian
Russia bombards Kyiv with missiles – hours after agreeing to resume talks with Ukraine
(opens the publisher’s site)Russia struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight, killing at least two people, hours after Moscow agreed in principle to resume trilateral negotiations.
- Russia fired 21 ballistic missiles at Kyiv in three overnight waves, killing at least two people and wounding more than 20, Zelenskyy said.
- Zelenskyy said the strikes showed no real change in Moscow's attitude toward the war, and called for stronger air defenses and more sanctions.
- Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said Putin had agreed "in principle" to resume three-way talks involving Russia, the US and Ukraine after November 10.
- Zelenskyy said Washington proposed a trilateral meeting that Ukraine hopes to hold before early November.
- Zelenskyy said the overnight barrage wounded 34 people, including five children, and damaged residential buildings, energy facilities, a railway station, the metro and a monastery.