Missiles strike Ukraine's Kyiv, Reuters witness says

Missiles ‌struck Kyiv ​in the early hours of Thursday, a Reuters ‌witness said, in another attack on Ukraine's capital after a Russian evening air strike which injured six ‌people and damaged homes, a petrol ‌station and transport equipment.

In Russia, in the city of Lipetsk — home to a major steel plant some 400 ⁠km (250 ​miles) south ⁠of Moscow — a man was injured as drones hit ⁠apartment buildings and a medical facility, Governor Igor ​Artamonov said on the Telegram messaging app. The strikes ⁠come as US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff held talks ⁠this ​week with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia's President Vladimir Putin to mediate ⁠an end a conflict which began with Russia's invasion ⁠of ⁠Ukraine in 2022.