Russian missiles rained down on Ukraine just ahead of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit

Russian missiles struck Kyiv successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 1 civilian, Ukrainian officials said. 

The barrage of ballistic missiles deed hours earlier Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent visited the Ukrainian capital, the archetypal Cabinet-level Trump authoritative to bash so, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy adjutant Andriy Yermak wrote connected Telegram. 

Bessent is visiting the metropolis to conscionable with Zelenskyy and sermon President Donald Trump's request for entree to $500 cardinal worthy of uncommon Earth minerals arsenic outgo for U.S. subject assistance to Ukraine. He is besides expected to speech astir energy, having promised to ramp up sanctions connected Russia’s lipid sector. 

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Zelenskyy said the caller onslaught proved Russian President Vladimir Putin is not funny successful pursuing peace. 

Reporters from the French newswire AFP heard explosions ringing retired aboriginal Wednesday earlier discovering the assemblage of 1 idiosyncratic killed, covered with a achromatic integrative sheet. Zelenskyy said astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic was killed, and 4 others were wounded – including a child. He said the onslaught damaged apartments and bureau buildings.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it had conducted a "group rocket strike" connected Ukrainian sites producing drones and added that each targets were hit. 

Trump’s peculiar envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is expected to sojourn Kyiv adjacent week arsenic helium hashes retired a program for bid with Russia. 

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Kellogg, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are each traveling to Europe for the Munich Security Conference this week, erstwhile they volition sermon bid options with Ukrainian and European officials.

In the portion northbound of Kyiv, Chernihiv, section Gov. Vyacheslav Chaus said Russians had targeted captious infrastructure and astatine slightest 2 were wounded. 

The Ukrainian aerial unit said it changeable down six missiles and 71 of 123 drones, which included Iranian-designed Shahed onslaught vehicles.