Six killed in overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv and Sumy amid renewed US efforts to end the fighting

At least six people were killed overnight on Tuesday as Russia launched a wave of strikes targeting the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and several other cities, including in the northeastern region of Sumy, despite ongoing US efforts to bring the nearly four-year-long war to an end.

The strikes targeted residential buildings and energy infrastructure, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and other authorities.

A building in the central Pechersk district and another in Kyiv's eastern district of Dniprovskyi were badly damaged, Klitschko announced. Video footage circulating online showed the buildings on fire after the strikes.

Ukraine’s energy ministry said that energy infrastructure had also been targeted in the overnight barrage, without offering details on the type or the extent of the damage.

Separately, officials in Sumy also announced in the early hours of Tuesday that a Russian drone struck a service truck in the region, which had been stationed there following repeated Russian strikes on the area that continued late into Monday.

Moscow’s attacks followed talks between US and Ukrainian representatives in the Swiss city of Geneva on Sunday about a US-Russia brokered peace plan.

Oleksandr Bevz, a member of the Ukrainian delegation, said on Monday that the talks had been “very constructive” and the two sides were able to discuss most points.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia had not seen the updated plan following the Geneva talks.