{"id":2515621,"date":"2025-11-29T09:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-attacks-kill-3-as-diplomatic-efforts-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine-gain-momentum\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:44:46","slug":"russian-attacks-kill-3-as-diplomatic-efforts-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine-gain-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-attacks-kill-3-as-diplomatic-efforts-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine-gain-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian attacks kill 3 as diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine gain momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-attacks-kill-3-as-diplomatic-efforts-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine-gain-momentum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515621&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article reports that Russian drone and missile attacks around Kyiv killed at least three people and wounded several others. Amid these attacks, Ukrainian officials traveled to the U.S. to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >advance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmaker-needs-biden-admin-disclose-key-iran-talks-with-china\/\" title=\"Lawmaker Needs Biden Admin Disclose Key Iran Talks with China\">diplomatic efforts<\/a> aimed<\/a> at ending the ongoing war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky&#8217;s delegation, led by national security chief Rustem Umerov, is working closely with American negotiators, while a U.S.team plans to visit moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously occurring, former U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a 28-point peace plan heavily favoring Russia and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-harsanyi-let-them-drive-teslas\/\" title=\"David Harsanyi: Let Them Drive Teslas\">sending envoys<\/a> to both Moscow and Kyiv to facilitate negotiations. Zelensky also announced the resignation of his chief of staff and lead negotiator, andrii Yermak, after an anti-corruption investigation, which poses challenges to Ukraine&#8217;s negotiating position.<\/p>\n<p>In parallel, Ukrainian special forces struck a major Russian oil terminal near Novorossiysk using naval drones, damaging its operations. This attack is part of ongoing Ukrainian efforts to target Russian energy infrastructure to undermine Moscow&#8217;s war funding. Ukrainian officials accuse Russia of deliberately targeting Ukraine&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-cities-re-open-indoor-dining-but-only-now-that-trump-is-out-of-office\/\" title=\"Big Cities Re-Open Indoor Dining, But Only Now that Trump Is Out of Office\">power grid<\/a> to inflict civilian suffering during the harsh winter by cutting off heat,electricity,and water.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Russian attacks kill 3 as diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine gain momentum<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2415494\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>KYIV, Ukraine (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\">Russian<\/a> drone and missile attacks in and around the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\">Ukrainian<\/a> capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people early Saturday, officials said, as the country&rsquo;s representatives traveled to the U.S. to work on a renewed push to end the war.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X that the delegation, headed by national security chief Rustem Umerov, was on its way to &ldquo;swiftly and substantively work out the steps needed to end the war.&rdquo; A U.S. delegation is then expected to travel to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the second half of next week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3901263\/dnc-chair-never-wants-to-hear-again-that-democrats-have-problem-with-young-men\/\">DNC chair &#8216;never wants to hear again&#8217; that Democrats have &#8216;problem with young men&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3901245\/pope-leo-xiv-turkey-ecumenical-meeting-orthodox-patriarch\/\">Pope Leo XIV speaks in Turkey ahead of ecumenical meeting with Orthodox patriarch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3901150\/colombian-president-claims-trumps-venezuela-fight-about-oil-instead-of-drugs\/\">Colombian president claims Trump&#8217;s Venezuela fight is &#8216;about oil&#8217; instead of drugs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Kyiv City Military Administration said two people were killed in the strikes on the capital, and a woman died and eight were wounded in a combined missile and drone attack on the broader Kyiv region, according to the regional police.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 29 people were wounded in Kyiv, noting that falling debris from intercepted Russian drones hit residential buildings. He also said the western part of Kyiv had lost power.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-peace-plan-europe-witkoff-33545b140c5bfbbc5e9061a739802e54\">Trump last week released a plan<\/a>&nbsp;for ending the nearly four-year war. The 28-point proposal&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-russia-war-ece1a80b435f402b475fb180023a75dc\">heavily favored Russia<\/a>, prompting Zelensky to quickly engage with American negotiators. European leaders, fearing for their own future in the face of&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-eu-russia-sabotage-threat-attack-nato-428d488080c17f6c322c9553a301b6dc\">Russian aggression<\/a>, scrambled to steer the negotiations toward accommodating their concerns.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-peace-plan-trump-80f3f5d57c32cc7b91778fdb6b086af9\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-missile-ballistic-kyiv-4381b48b931d7ed32e44a6d671b97dd5\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-orban-energy-eca23e36f25c76685c26e96042b39878\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump said Tuesday that his plan to end the war had been&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/trump-news-updates-11-25-2025?version=1764100887658\">&ldquo;fine-tuned&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;and that he&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-peace-plan-trump-witkoff-d1ebc2d6d2d873f9a397e56918937383\">sending envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia<\/a>&nbsp;to meet with Putin and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/driscoll-army-secretary-russia-ukraine-war-talks-38594adbabd1ce6a940e533cc07a505e\">Army Secretary Dan Driscoll<\/a>&nbsp;to meet with Ukrainian officials. He suggested he could eventually meet with Putin and Zelensky, but not until further progress has been made in negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-corruption-scandal-zelenskyy-yermak-01e6310b700b84cd79a80bd9bfb98fd4\">Zelensky<\/a>&nbsp;announced Friday the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-yermak-corruption-3a58193bcb3f7816a715dee9e60e4541\">resignation<\/a>&nbsp;of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-mark-of-klain\/\" title=\"The Mark of Klain\">powerful chief<\/a> of staff, Andrii Yermak, who was also the country&rsquo;s lead negotiator in&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-talks-geneva-82df43cdad38d81cd86b1907b25436da\">talks with the U.S<\/a>, after&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-corruption-scandal-pokrovsk-a25b76c6c9830baafcf16ac5648bdd4c\">anti-corruption<\/a>&nbsp;investigators searched Yermak&rsquo;s residence.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-corruption-scandal-6e33b63b8071f46140956d4d23ab00de\">unprecedented search<\/a>&nbsp;at the heart of Ukraine&rsquo;s government was&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-russia-war-zelenskyy-yermak-0c277365a6fd8c0f4996e54c6ceb95e9\">a blow to the Ukrainian leader,<\/a>&nbsp;risking the disruption of his negotiating strategy at a time when Kyiv is under intense U.S. pressure to sign a peace deal.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ukrainian-special-forces-strike-a-russian-oil-terminal\">Ukrainian special forces strike a Russian oil terminal<\/h2>\n<p>In Russia, a major oil terminal near the port of Novorossiysk stopped operations Saturday after a strike by unmanned boats damaged one of its three mooring points, according to a press release from the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which owns the terminal.<\/p>\n<p>Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, confirmed that Ukraine had carried out the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ukrainian special forces worked on the Russian Federation, its energy sector and infrastructure. In particular, naval drones managed to destroy one of the three oil tanker berths of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium in the Novorossiysk area,&rdquo; he wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3895131\/democrats-should-temper-expectations-2026-blue-wave\/\">DEMOCRATS NEED TO TEMPER THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF A 2026 BLUE WAVE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Months of&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-russia-war-drones-economy-refineries-strikes-24fb93e0fab5dbba1a323b92510125bb\">Ukrainian long-range drone strikes<\/a>&nbsp;on Russian refineries and terminals have aimed to deprive Moscow of the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-oil-refineries-zelenskyy-fa04014c6c1bdf0e15123d898c491b03\">oil export revenue<\/a>&nbsp;it needs to pursue the war.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kyiv and its western allies say Russia is trying to&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-blackout-energy-winter-grid-074fafac8a4b5bb556308379808d041b\">cripple the Ukrainian power grid<\/a>&nbsp;and deny civilians access to heat, light and running water for a fourth consecutive winter, in what Ukrainian officials call &ldquo;weaponizing&rdquo; the biting cold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian strikes kill 3 amid growing Ukraine peace talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2515622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Russia-drone-Ukraine-1125-e1764425856227.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3817,4280,6991,50434],"class_list":["post-2515621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomacy","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Russia-drone-Ukraine-1125-e1764425856227.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515625,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515621\/revisions\/2515625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}