{"id":38777,"date":"2026-09-08T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/38777\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T05:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:00:11","slug":"russia-resumes-strikes-on-kyiv-after-three-day-halt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/38777\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia resumes strikes on Kyiv after three-day halt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) \u2013 A wave of strong explosions rang out in Kyiv, AFP journalists said early Tuesday, as Russia resumed strikes on the Ukrainian capital after a three-day halt. <\/p>\n

Issued on: 08\/09\/2026 – 04:52Modified: 08\/09\/2026 – 06:11<\/p>\n

3 min Reading time\n<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the pause in attacks as US President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited the Russian and Ukrainian capitals at the weekend.<\/p>\n

The fresh explosions triggered fires and car alarms in the city, and Kyiv’s city military administration said at least two people were killed and seven wounded.<\/p>\n

\"Hotel<\/p>\n

Hotel guests sit in the makeshift shelter at the basement of a hotel in Kyiv during a heavy missile and drone strike on the Ukrainian capital \u00a9 Mladen ANTONOV \/ AFP <\/p>\n

The Ukrainian army’s air force reported a missile attack, and the city military administration urged residents to take shelter as the air defence system was in operation.<\/p>\n

The strikes damaged buildings across the capital, including a five-storey apartment block in the Solomianskyi district, while vehicles caught fire in the Podilskyi district, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said people were trapped in a residential building.<\/p>\n

Russia’s state news agency TASS confirmed earlier that the pause in strikes had expired.<\/p>\n

\"Air<\/p>\n

Air alerts were active in a dozen regions across Ukraine by 5:30 am (0230 GMT) \u00a9 Sergei SUPINSKY \/ AFP <\/p>\n

Air alerts were active in a dozen regions across Ukraine at around 5:30 am (0230 GMT).<\/p>\n

The alert in Kyiv has since been cleared.<\/p>\n

Telegram channels monitoring air threats on Ukraine said Russia had started to transport ballistic missiles and relocate heavy bombers from the country’s east to airfields closer to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Poland also announced “aviation operations” had commenced following the Russian attack.<\/p>\n

US proposals<\/p>\n

Witkoff touted on Monday “substantive progress” in the discussions with Ukraine and Russia, raising the prospect of reviving three-way peace talks to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II.<\/p>\n

\"Russian<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir\u00a0Putin had ordered the pause in attacks as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv \u00a9 Handout \/ UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE\/AFP <\/p>\n

“President Trump is working hard to stop the killing and work towards a lasting and durable peace,” he said on X.<\/p>\n

Witkoff and Kushner met Putin in Moscow on Saturday, before holding separate talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in their first official trip to Kyiv.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin announced Monday that it did not rule out three-way talks, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters “it is too early to say anything about the venue or the exact dates at this stage”.<\/p>\n

Zelensky told US news outlet Axios that the United States was pushing to de-escalate the conflict ahead of the long winter.<\/p>\n

Russia has struck Ukraine’s energy grid each winter since invading in February 2022, cutting power and heating to millions in temperatures as low as minus 20C.<\/p>\n

\"Zelensky<\/p>\n

Zelensky said his negotiating team were “coordinating our next steps” following the talks with Trump’s envoys and European officials \u00a9 Genya SAVILOV \/ AFP <\/p>\n

Zelensky said the US envoys — who held separate talks with the Ukrainian and Russian leaders — told him that “the Russians are ready to negotiate”.<\/p>\n

“Russia really thinks that this winter can help them to break us,” he told Axios.<\/p>\n

But the Trump administration could pressure Putin to de-escalate, he added, and the Russian leader “doesn’t want” to “upset” his US counterpart.<\/p>\n

Zelensky said the weekend talks included US proposals around energy facilities, grain shipments and oil and gas exports, but declined to give further details.<\/p>\n

During previous negotiations, Moscow and Kyiv had broadly stuck to their positions, with talks stalling in particular over the issue of territories in eastern Ukraine of which Russia claims.<\/p>\n

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