Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv around 1 a.m. Thursday, triggering multiple explosions across the Ukrainian capital hours after two days of US-mediated peace talks in Abu Dhabi ended without a ceasefire. Open-source intelligence tracker AMK Mapping reported that Russian forces fired at least 11 missiles, including about five Iskander-Ms, four modified S-400s and two KN-23s, striking an Epicentr shopping center in northern Kyiv, the city’s eastern industrial zone, and areas near Irpin and Bila Tserkva.
The strikes followed the first direct trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine since February, during which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian envoys rejected Kyiv’s ceasefire proposals. Chief Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky ruled out territorial concessions after the sessions wrapped up Wednesday, saying “every square foot of land will be returned to Russia one way or another.”
