(BBC) – Russia has launched a major aerial bombardment against Ukrainian infrastructure targets as talks between the US and Ukraine in Florida are set to enter a third day.
Overnight Russia launched 653 drones and 51 missiles, most of which were downed, authorities said. One strike hit a railway hub at the town of Fastiv outside Kyiv, destroying the main station building and damaging rolling stock.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack had been “meaningless from a military point of view, and the Russians could not have been unaware of this”.
Earlier US and Ukrainian negotiators urged Russia to show a “serious commitment to long-term peace” after talks in Moscow failed to produce a breakthrough.
Moscow has intensified attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector and infrastructure in recent weeks.
On Saturday Ukraine’s energy ministry said Russian attacks had hit energy facilities in eight regions, causing blackouts.
