Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least four a day after the US envoy met President Putin in St Petersburg

23 October 2026

Overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv into 22 October 2026 killed at least four people and injured dozens, including four children, according to Ukraine's national emergency service.
A residential house in Kyiv was destroyed by a missile strike, and metro infrastructure was damaged at the Pivdenny Bridge over the Dnipro, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Two people were killed in a strike on a market at Lozova in the Kharkiv region.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said two people were wounded after Ukraine launched 630 drones, 163 of them towards Moscow, most of which were intercepted.
The strikes came a day after US envoy Steve Witkoff met President Vladimir Putin at Constantine Palace in St Petersburg, where Russia released jailed US teacher Stephen Hubbard.
The Kremlin said Moscow was in principle willing to restart US-mediated talks with Ukraine.