Russia has carried out a massive “demonstrative” attack on Ukraine, bombarding Kyiv with ballistic missiles just hours after Vladimir Putin said he had agreed to resume trilateral negotiations after talks with the US envoy Steve Witkoff.

Overnight, Moscow pounded the Ukrainian capital, killing at least two people and wounding 22, including four children. Targets included the southern bridge over the Dnipro River, civilian houses, energy infrastructure, an ambulance station, office buildings and a clinic.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy , said three of the missiles carried cluster warheads. One struck the Pecherskyi district, damaging several historic structures, including a monastery.

“This is another extraordinarily revealing strike – revealing, because it was no accident,” Zelenskyy said.…