One killed in Kyiv region as Russia steps up attacks after peace talks

18/5/2025 12:39

A sustained overnight Russian drone attack killed a woman in the capital region and injured at least three people, including a child, Ukrainian authorities said early on Sunday, as Moscow stepped up its attacks following peace talks on Friday.



Mykola Kalashnik, governor of the Kyiv region, posted on the Telegram messaging app, "Unfortunately, as a result of the enemy attack in the Obukhiv district, a woman died from her injuries."



As of 0300 GMT, Kyiv, the region around it and most of eastern half of Ukraine had been under air raid alerts for six hours. The military said on Telegram, air defence units were engaged several times trying to repel attacks.



The first direct talks in three years between Russia and Ukraine on Friday failed to broker the ceasefire Kyiv and its allies have been urging in the more than three-year-old war. The talks in Istanbul yielded an agreement to trade 1,000 prisoners of war on each side.