Moscow, Kyiv exchange attacks as Ukraine's Zelenskiy speaks to Trump, Europe

Russia attacked Kyiv with missiles and Ukrainian drones hit Moscow's refinery as both countries exchanged strikes hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders.



A Reuters witness heard explosions in Kyiv and authorities in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy said one person was killed in a drone attack. Air strike alerts were issued for most of Ukraine's territory.



"The enemy is attacking the capital with ballistic missiles. Stay in safe places until the air raid alert is over!" Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv's military administration, said in a Telegram post early on Thursday.



The attack on Kyiv is the second this week and came as Zelenskiy tried to increase pressure on Russia to negotiate an end to its four-year-long war.



In the Russian capital, drones hit the Moscow refinery, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram, marking the second attack on the facility in a week.



Zelenskiy said he had spoken to Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, plus other leaders, on the sidelines of a Group of Seven meeting in France. He described it as a "coordinating conversation" to try to end the war.