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Ukraine expects US negotiators as Russia strikes Kyiv

By AAP Newswire

Sep 4, 2026

Kyiv strike aftermath — Kyiv officials say Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital have wounded at least ten people. -EPA

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says US ‌negotiators trying to broker a ‌possible solution to the four and a half-year-old war with Russia are due ‌to ‌visit ⁠both Ukraine and Russia soon.

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"There are preliminary dates. We expect to see representatives of the ⁠US president here in Kyiv," Zelenskiy said in his ‌nightly video address.

"There will be a meeting with them in Moscow and in Kyiv. We are ‌expecting a meeting with them in the coming days. It is very important."

Local officials said a Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv ‌on Thursday injured 10 people, triggered ‌a fire and badly damaged a high-rise residential building.

The city's military administration initially said one person had died in the latest assault but later said ‌the report had proved ‌untrue.

It ⁠said 10 people, including a child, had been hurt.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said nine people were injured, including six medical personnel.

Klitschko, writing on Telegram, said the ninth floor of a high-rise residence had been damaged.

Video published on unofficial Telegram channels showed a large fireball rising skywards.

Unofficial channels said the building had been struck by a jet-powered drone.

Klitschko ‌said six people had been wounded in earlier strikes on the capital, which has been subject to more than a week of sustained attacks.