'Complex' Russian attack kills 2 in Kyiv after US peace talks visit, Zelenskyy says

LONDON -- At least two people were killed in a "complex" Russian attack on Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in posts to social media on Tuesday morning, as Russia resumed long-range strikes on the Ukrainian capital following a three-day pause to allow the visit of a U.S. peace talks delegation.

Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 166 drones, 32 cruise missiles and an unspecified number of anti-ship and ballistic missiles into the country overnight. The air force said its forces downed 142 drones, 31 cruise missiles and two ballistic missiles.

Kyiv and the southern port city of Odessa were the main targets, the air force reported. Missiles and drones impacted across 29 locations, it added in a post to Telegram.

Russia's Defense Ministry said in a post to Telegram that the "massive strike" targeted defense industrial facilities and military transport and logistical hubs, plus port facilities in Odesa. The ministry also posted a graphic showing what appeared to be cruise missiles, with the caption, "Targeting day and night."

Zelenskyy said in posts to social media that the Russian attack "was complex, and the Russians deliberately planned it to cause as much damage as possible to people's lives, using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, and Shahed drones."

"There is significant damage to residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure in the capital. As of now, ten people have been injured. Everyone who needs it is receiving medical assistance. Thirteen people were rescued by the State Emergency Service. Sadly, two people died," he added.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a social media post that at last 10 people were injured in the city, of whom five were hospitalized. Two people were in serious condition, the mayor said.

Zelenskyy also reported hits on critical infrastructure, a market in Odesa, an apartment building in Kharkiv and a train locomotive in Sumy. The Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro regions were also targeted, Zelenskyy said.

The Ukrainian president again warned that Russian ballistic missiles pose a severe threat, with Ukrainian interceptor missile stocks thinning and replenishment from Kyiv's foreign partners slow.

"Despite the very good results against cruise missiles, it remains particularly challenging to intercept ballistic missiles, and we are constantly emphasizing this need to our partners," he wrote.

"We have already discussed this with Americans and Europeans, and there will be further meetings, including today, with representatives of countries and companies that can help with supplies and with our FREYJA anti-ballistic system," Zelenskyy added, referring to the Ukrainian-led, pan-European project to build a new interceptor weapon.

Russia's Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said its forces downed at least 384 Ukrainian drones overnight into Tuesday morning, with craft shot down over 14 Russian regions -- the capital region of Moscow among them -- as well as occupied Crimea and the Black Sea.

Monday night's attacks followed a weekend of calm in Kyiv, as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a suspension of strikes on the Ukrainian capital to coincide with the visit of President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner -- their first since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Russian attacks nonetheless continued elsewhere in Ukraine, including within the wider Kyiv region.

The pair traveled to Kyiv from Russia via Poland, having first met with Putin in Moscow to discuss the stalled U.S.-led peace initiative. Witkoff and Kushner have traveled to Moscow several times since Trump returned to office in 2025.

Witkoff said of the visits in a post to X on Monday that "substantive progress was made, including movement on scheduling additional trilateral talks. President Trump is working hard to stop the killing and work towards a lasting and durable peace."

Kremlin officials also said that the visit was productive, though Putin afterward gave no indication that he would ease his demands for a swathe of Ukrainian concessions, among them Ukraine's withdrawal from the eastern Donbas region, limits on its armed forces and its permanent exclusion from NATO.

During a press briefing in Kyiv on Sunday, Kushner said the U.S. team was pushing for a return to a trilateral U.S.-Ukrainian-Russian negotiating track. "We spoke with both parties and so hopefully we'll have progress on that very soon," Kushner said.

Zelenskyy agreed, telling reporters, "We need to do everything to ensure that trilateral meetings take place. Or it could be a trilateral meeting plus European partners. Well, we'll see what Russia agrees to."

The Ukrainian leader also said Kyiv was relying on the U.S. and other foreign partners for support ahead of the coming winter, when Russia is expected to resume intense attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

"If the war continues into winter, we are really counting on a winter package, which I discussed in great detail today with Steve, Jared and our European partners. We are really counting on such support: both air defense and energy support," Zelenskyy said on Sunday.

ABC News' Lauren Peller, Morgan Winsor, Yulia Drozd, Natalia Kushnir, Fidel Pavlenko, Anna Sergeeva and Tanya Stukalova contributed to this report.