{"id":13567,"date":"2026-02-26T07:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13567"},"modified":"2026-02-26T07:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:20:54","slug":"us-ukraine-to-meet-in-geneva-as-russia-attacks-kyiv-with-missiles-drones-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13567","title":{"rendered":"US, Ukraine to meet in Geneva as Russia attacks Kyiv with missiles, drones | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Kyiv hopes progress in talks in Geneva will pave the way for a direct meeting between Russian and Ukrainian leaders.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Russia pounded Ukraine with a barrage of missile and drone attacks across the country overnight, wounding at least eight people, in advance of the latest high-level meeting between Kyiv and Washington aimed at ending the war, now in its fifth year.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the latest attacks on the capital in the early hours of Wednesday caused damage to a nine-storey residential building in the Darnytskyi district, and resulted in fires in a home and garages elsewhere in the city.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The strikes on the capital prompted the activation of air defence systems to counter the attack, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city\u2019s military administration, said, advising residents to remain in shelters until the assault was over. No casualties were reported in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has faced regular overnight barrages as Russia targets cities with missiles and drones in harsh winter conditions in recent months, also targeting civilian energy infrastructure, even amid an ongoing push by Washington to try to negotiate an end to Europe\u2019s deadliest conflict since World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Attacks also took place in the regions of Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk, with officials reporting seven wounded in Kharkiv and another in Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk, the AFP news agency reported.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"us-ukrainian-delegations-to-meet\">US, Ukrainian delegations to meet<\/h2>\n<p>The strikes came before a scheduled meeting in the Swiss city of Geneva between Ukraine\u2019s lead negotiator Rustem Umerov and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, being held in advance of a full session of talks involving Moscow, Kyiv and Washington expected in early March.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday he had spoken with US President Donald Trump before the talks, with Witkoff and Kushner part of the 30-minute call, to discuss the issues that their representatives would cover in Geneva, \u201cas well as preparations for the next meeting of the full negotiating teams in a trilateral format at the very beginning of March\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy, who has repeatedly sought face-to-face meetings with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to resolve the most challenging issues, said he expected the meeting in Geneva would \u201ccreate an opportunity to move talks to the leaders\u2019 level\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump supports this sequence of steps,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the only way to resolve all the complex and sensitive issues and finally end the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putin has dismissed such a meeting repeatedly in the past, calling into question Zelenskyy\u2019s legitimacy as Ukraine\u2019s leader.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russian state news agency TASS reported the Kremlin\u2019s economic affairs envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, was also due to be in Geneva on Thursday, where he would \u201cpursue negotiations with the Americans on economic issues\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"negotiations-stalled\">Negotiations stalled<\/h2>\n<p>Despite Trump\u2019s desire to bring an end to the conflict, one he claimed he could end in 24 hours after he retook office, the talks so far have failed to bear fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations, based on a US plan unveiled late last year, have hit a roadblock over the thorniest territorial issues, such as control of the eastern Donbas, an industrial region in eastern Ukraine that has been at the heart of the fiercest fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is pushing for full control of Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donetsk region, in the Donbas, and has threatened to take it by force if Kyiv does not cave in at the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>But Ukraine has rejected the demand and signalled it would not sign a deal without security guarantees that deter Russia from invading again. The Ukrainian constitution also forbids the ceding of territory.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people on both sides are believed to have been killed in Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyiv hopes progress in talks in Geneva will pave the way for a direct meeting between Russian and Ukrainian leaders. 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