Peace efforts
The attacks came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was returning to Kiev from talks in London with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany on how to move forward with a settlement of the four-year-old war.
US-led peace efforts between Ukraine and Russia have stalled as Washington is focused on finding a solution to the Iran war.
Zelenskyy said on Monday he had a “positive” conversation with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, praising what he called their readiness to work on a settlement of the Ukraine war in the coming weeks.
According to a UN estimate published in April, at least 15,850 civilians have been killed in Ukrainian zones since 2022.
More than 2,800 civilians have died in Russian-controlled zones, according to the UN toll, which added that more than 44,800 have been wounded in Ukrainian and Russia-occupied zones.
