{"id":2525501,"date":"2025-12-27T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-attacks-kyiv-ahead-of-ukraine-us-talks\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T12:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:55:58","slug":"russia-attacks-kyiv-ahead-of-ukraine-us-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-attacks-kyiv-ahead-of-ukraine-us-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia attacks Kyiv ahead of Ukraine-US talks"},"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\">14<\/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%2Frussia-attacks-kyiv-ahead-of-ukraine-us-talks%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=2525501&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>Russia launched a large overnight attack on Kyiv with missiles and drones, killing one person and wounding about 27 others as explosions rocked the capital for hours. Ukrainian officials said the strikes-aimed largely at energy and civilian infrastructure-left parts of the city without electricity or heating, damaged more than ten residential buildings, sparked multiple fires, and forced evacuations and rescues from rubble; witnesses described buildings on fire and at least one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-bodies-found-at-us-mexico-border-in-rio-grande\/\" title=\"2 bodies discovered at US-Mexico border in Rio Grande.\">person found dead<\/a> under debris.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s air force reported Russia used some 519 drones and 40 missiles. The Russian Defense Ministry described the operation as a &#8220;massive strike&#8221; using long\u2011range precision weapons,including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles,and said it was in response to alleged Ukrainian attacks on civilian targets in Russia. Earlier, Russia reported shooting down seven Ukrainian drones over Krasnodar and Adygeya regions.<\/p>\n<p>Poland temporarily scrambled jets and closed two airports near the Ukrainian border during the attacks, though there was no breach of Polish airspace and flights soon resumed.Ukrainian leaders said Russia&#8217;s assault appeared timed to coincide with peace talks: President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of responding to upcoming talks between Ukraine and the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky was traveling to Florida to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with planned discussions to focus on security guarantees and territorial issues, including Donetsk and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-responds-to-russian-attack-on-ukrainian-nuclear-plant\/\" title=\"Biden Responds To ...n Attack On Ukrainian ...\">zaporizhzhia nuclear plant<\/a>. He stressed the priority of security guarantees and reiterated that Ukraine will not recognize any territory as Russian.  <\/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\">Russia attacks Kyiv with missiles and drones, killing 1 and wounding many ahead of Ukraine-US talks<\/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_2456039\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>KYIV, Ukraine (AP) &mdash;<\/strong> Russia attacked Ukraine&rsquo;s capital with missiles and drones early Saturday morning, killing one person and wounding 27, a day before&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-drone-attacks-d92b40dab1055df4e3512f77c27eb5c9\">talks between Ukraine and the U.S.,<\/a>&nbsp;authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Explosions boomed across Kyiv for hours as ballistic missiles and drones hit the city. The attack began in the early morning hours Saturday and was continuing as day broke.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4362782\/thailand-cambodia-peace-agreement-trump-pushed-ceasefire-broke-down\/\">Thailand and Cambodia reach new peace agreement after Trump-pushed ceasefire broke down<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4362587\/homs-syria-mosque-explosion-terrorist-attack\/\">At least eight killed in terrorist attack targeting Syrian mosque<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4362196\/zelensky-trump-peace-plan-vote-russia-ceasefire\/\">Zelensky &#8216;ready&#8217; to bring Trump&#8217;s peace plan to a vote if Russia agrees to 60-day ceasefire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepared to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday for&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-peace-plan-d0c476bfa9ec218da5c8d5ff0c1d25c9\">further talks on ending the nearly 4-year-old war<\/a>. Zelenskyy told reporters he was on a plane en route to Florida on Saturday afternoon, and would stop in Canada on the way to meet Prime Minister Mark Carney.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4362775\/trump-first-year-report-card-promise-keeper-or-nightmare-failure\/\">TRUMP FIRST YEAR REPORT CARD: A- PROMISE KEEPER OR &lsquo;NIGHTMARE&rsquo; FAILURE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said he and Trump plan to discuss issues including security guarantees and territorial issues in&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-donbas-peace-talks-95d7adf96046d8718a6e5c78d229d44c\">the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that it carried out a &ldquo;massive strike&rdquo; overnight, using &ldquo;long-range precision-guided weapons from land, air and sea, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles&rdquo; and drones. It said it targeted energy infrastructure facilities used by Ukraine&rsquo;s forces and military-industrial enterprises.<a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ministry said the strike came in response to Ukraine&rsquo;s attacks on &ldquo;civilian objects&rdquo; in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, the ministry said its air defenses shot down seven Ukrainian drones over the Russian regions of Krasnodar and Adygeya overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Poland scrambled fighter jets and closed airports in Lublin and Rzeszow near the border with Ukraine for several hours during the Russian attacks, the country&rsquo;s armed forces command said on X. There was no violation of Polish airspace, it said. Civil aviation authority Pansa said the two airports had since resumed operations. It was unclear what caused the alert in Poland when the Russian attacks were focused on Kyiv, which is far from the border.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3926044\/trump-warns-government-shutdown-obamacare\/\">TRUMP WARNS OF JANUARY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OVER OBAMACARE DURING NORTH CAROLINA SPEECH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia targeted Ukraine with 519 drones and 40 missiles, Ukraine&rsquo;s air force said. The main target was energy and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Zelensky said. In some districts of the region there is no electricity or heating because of the attacks, he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today Russia demonstrated how it responds to peace talks between Ukraine and the United States on ending Russia&rsquo;s war against Ukraine. They carried out massive attacks on Ukraine precisely as we move toward peace negotiations,&rdquo; said Zelensky, speaking to reporters via audio note while traveling. &ldquo;That is Russia&rsquo;s response.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-screams-as-a-man-burns-to-death\">Screams as a man burns to death<\/h2>\n<p>More than 10 residential buildings were damaged, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a post on Telegram. People were being evacuated from under the rubble of collapsed buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Olena Karpenko, 52, heard a man as he burned to death in the attack. &ldquo;His scream is still in my ears. I can&rsquo;t believe it,&rdquo; she said, weeping.<\/p>\n<p>Karpenko said they heard a sudden explosion at the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >nearby thermal power plant<\/a>, followed by a stronger blast that shook the windows of her home. Then came the hit on her building.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I saw how the apartment was burning, there was a fire and we heard a man&rsquo;s screams, begging for help,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Two children were among those wounded in the attack, which hit seven locations across the capital, the head of the Kyiv Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, in a statement on Telegram. A body was found under the rubble of one damaged building, he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3425847\/trump-pardons-and-commutations-second-term-clemency\/\">TRUMP PARDONS AND COMMUTATIONS: NOTABLE ACTS OF CLEMENCY IN HIS SECOND TERM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In fact, the entire center of Kyiv was under attack by drones,&rdquo; he said, adding that Russia was sending a message that &ldquo;it is raising the stakes in this war.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A fire broke out in an 18-story residential building in the Dnipro district of the city, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-set-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-trial-dies\/\" title=\"The man who self-immolated outside the ... trial has passed away\">emergency crews rushed<\/a> to the scene to contain the flames. A 24-story residential building in the Darnytsia district was also hit, Tkachenko said, and more fires broke out in the Obolonskyi and Holosiivsky districts.<\/p>\n<p>In the wider Kyiv region, the strikes hit industrial and residential buildings, according to Ukraine&rsquo;s Emergency Service. In the Vyshhorod area, emergency crews rescued one person found under the rubble of a destroyed house.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-zelensky-heads-to-florida-for-talks-with-trump\">Zelensky heads to Florida for talks with Trump<\/h2>\n<p>Zelensky told reporters&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-drone-attacks-d92b40dab1055df4e3512f77c27eb5c9\">he would aim to ensure there were &ldquo;as few unresolved issues as possible&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;in talks with Trump while respecting Ukraine&rsquo;s red lines.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am confident there are compromise proposals &mdash; we know the Americans &mdash; and, obviously, our enemy also always has its own goals, which we know well,&rdquo; he said, speaking via audio note in a Whatsapp chat with journalists.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/zelenskyy-trump-peace-talks-refinery-donbas-demilitarized-9e37a9612d73cab7d3e74060aac46a36\">Zelensky said he would prioritize discussing security guarantees for Ukraine.<\/a>&nbsp;The U.S. has committed to providing guarantees that mirror the NATO alliance&rsquo;s Article 5, which means an attack on Ukraine would trigger a collective military response from the U.S. and its allies. But key details need to be worked out.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-russia-war-plan-territory-security-zaporizhzhia-3667a0630eae5827d997ec0b98db2ca6\">Territorial concessions are the most sensitive of issues<\/a>&nbsp;the two leaders will discuss, including the Donetsk region and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine would never recognize any territory as Russian &ldquo;under any circumstances.&rdquo;<\/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>&ldquo;But the most important issue I want to stress today is security guarantees. Beyond territorial issues and the ZNPP (nuclear plant), security guarantees are critically important for us,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky also will speak to European leaders online to brief them on the discussions.<\/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>Missiles, drones strike Kyiv &#8211; 1 dead, 27 wounded<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2525502,"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\/12\/Vladimir-Putin.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[10004,41510,4280,6991,69564],"class_list":["post-2525501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-kyiv","tag-military-escalation","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-us-ukraine-talks"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Vladimir-Putin.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525501","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=2525501"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525505,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525501\/revisions\/2525505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2525502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2525501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2525501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2525501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}