Russia strikes Kyiv as three-day pause during US envoy visits ends

Strikes resume in Russia and Ukraine after a three-day pause during US envoys’ visits to the countries’ capitals.

An emergency services specialist works at the site of a destroyed DIY and construction materials mall, 'Galaktika', following an overnight attack, which local Russian-installed officials have attributed to Ukrainian drone strikes, in Mariupol, Russian-occupied Ukraine, on September 7, 2026 [Stringer/AFP]

Russia has struck Kyiv after a three-day pause in attacks on the Ukrainian and Russian capitals expired, following a visit by two US envoys that yielded no tangible progress towards peace.

Two residential buildings were damaged by Russian air raids early on Tuesday, city officials in Kyiv said. Drones hit buildings in the capital city as well as in the Boryspil and Fastiv districts on the outskirts of Kyiv, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

An air raid alert, published by the Kyiv city military administration, urged residents to take shelter due to the threat of an “enemy” drone attack.

Following the reported attacks in Ukraine, Russian regional Governor Roman Busargin said a Ukrainian drone attack injured several people after hitting civilian infrastructure in Saratov, nearly 1000km from Moscow. The number of casualties from both incidents remains unconfirmed (621 miles).

Russia and Ukraine pledged to halt strikes on each other’s capitals for three days as Washington dispatched envoys to Moscow and Kyiv. However, fighting continued elsewhere.

Attacks paused after leaders Vladimir Putin of Russia and Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine announced the ceasefire during the visits by US President Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend.

Russia’s state news agency TASS confirmed that the three-day suspension Putin had ordered for his forces expired on Monday evening local time.

Witkoff and Kushner held talks with officials in Moscow and Kyiv regarding ending the conflict. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov called the more than three-hour meeting in Moscow on Saturday “highly useful”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner (left) and special envoy Steve Witkoff (second left) during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on September 5, 2026 [Gavriil Grigorov Sputnik/Kremlin/EPA]

After talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, Witkoff said : “We’ve had a very meaningful discussion, substantive, important, and we are very encouraged, and we look forward to continuing this as long as it takes.”

Witkoff also raised the prospects of reviving three-way negotiations to end the war.

A White House official told the Reuters news agency that the next steps regarding the war, which Russia began with a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022, would be announced in the coming weeks.

在美国特使访问俄罗斯和乌克兰首都期间，俄罗斯和乌克兰的罢工暂停了三天，之后罢工再次恢复。

2026年9月7日，在俄罗斯占领的乌克兰马里乌波尔，一名紧急救援专家在一家名为“Galaktika”的DIY和建筑材料商场被毁的现场进行救援。此前，该商场在夜间遭到袭击，当地俄罗斯安插的官员将此次袭击归咎于乌克兰无人机袭击。[法新社/Stringer]

在两名美国特使访问乌克兰和俄罗斯首都后，两国暂停袭击乌克兰和俄罗斯首都三天的局面结束，俄罗斯随即对基辅发动了袭击，但并未取得任何实质性的和平进展。

基辅市官员称，周二清晨，两栋居民楼在俄罗斯空袭中受损。据乌克兰国家紧急情况部门称，无人机袭击了首都基辅市以及郊区的鲍里斯波尔区和法斯蒂夫区的建筑物。

基辅市军事管理局发布空袭警报，敦促居民寻找掩体，因为存在“敌方”无人机袭击的威胁。

据报道，乌克兰发生袭击事件后，俄罗斯萨拉托夫地区州长罗曼·布萨尔金表示，一架乌克兰无人机袭击了距离莫斯科近1000公里的萨拉托夫市，造成多人受伤，并击中了当地的民用基础设施。两起事件的伤亡人数尚未得到确认（621英里）。

俄罗斯和乌克兰承诺停止对对方首都的空袭三天，华盛顿方面也分别向莫斯科和基辅派遣了特使。然而，其他地区的战斗仍在继续。

在俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京和乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基宣布停火后，袭击事件暂停。此前，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的特使史蒂夫·威特科夫和贾里德·库什纳于周末访问了莫斯科和基辅。

俄罗斯国家通讯社塔斯社证实，普京下令对其部队实施的三天停工令已于当地时间周一晚间到期。

维特科夫和库什纳分别与莫斯科和基辅的官员就结束冲突举行了会谈。克里姆林宫助手尤里·乌沙科夫称周六在莫斯科举行的三个多小时的会晤“非常有益”。

2026年9月5日，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京在莫斯科克里姆林宫会见了特朗普的女婿贾里德·库什纳（左）和特使史蒂夫·威特科夫（左二）。[加夫里尔·格里戈罗夫 卫星通讯社/克里姆林宫/EPA]

在与乌克兰总统泽连斯基会谈后，维特科夫表示：“我们进行了一次非常有意义的、实质性的、重要的讨论，我们深受鼓舞，并期待继续进行下去，直到达成共识。”

维特科夫还提出了重启三方谈判以结束战争的可能性。

一位白宫官员告诉路透社，关于这场战争的下一步措施将在未来几周内宣布。这场战争是俄罗斯在 2022 年 2 月对其邻国发动的全面入侵。