LONDON and KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a deadly airstrike on the Ukrainian capital overnight, killing at least one person, wounding 19 others and damaging residential buildings, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said early Sunday.
“Emergency response efforts are currently underway in Vyshhorod, kyiv region, following the Russian attack,” Zelenskyy said on social media. “Russia attacked the city with drones and damaged numerous residential buildings.”
Firefighters gather in front of a residential building that was damaged after a Russian drone strike in the city of Vyshhorod, kyiv region, in the early hours of November 30, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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The attack came as Zelenskyy’s top advisers traveled to the United States for high-stakes talks with the Trump administration over his proposed Russia-Ukraine peace plan. White House special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to travel early next week to Moscow, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy’s advisers are expected to visit Florida on Sunday, where Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will lead talks. Ukraine is trying to find its best starting position before Witkoff turns to Putin.
Doubts remain that Putin will actually accept any plan deemed acceptable to kyiv. He has already signaled that he will not budge, saying any talks with Zelenskyy are “useless.”
People watch a residential building on fire following a Russian drone attack on the city of Vyshhorod in the kyiv region in the early hours of November 30, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Sunday’s talks are the first high-level negotiations between the United States and Ukraine since they met in Geneva, Switzerland. Those talks began with a 28-point plan proposed by the United States, which through negotiations became a 19-point plan. But even that revised plan had not resolved what were perhaps the most difficult issues: whether Ukraine would cede any territory to Russia and whether Ukraine could in the future apply for membership in NATO.
The Ukrainian delegation is headed by Rustem Umerov, head of the National Security Council. It follows Zelenskyy’s Chief of Staff, Andriy Yermak, who is forced to resign amid a corruption scandal that has rocked the country and left Zelenskyy without his right-hand man at a difficult time.
A fire burns in a residential building after a Russian attack in Vyshgorod, outside kyiv, Ukraine, early Sunday, November 30, 2025.
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Umerov was questioned in connection with the scandal by investigators, according to Reuters and local media, but has not been formally charged with any crime.
Zelenskyy said Sunday morning that Russia launched a total of around 1,400 drones and 66 missiles, as well as more than a thousand aerial bombs, against Ukraine in the past week, underscoring the scale of Russia’s growing air campaign as peace talks progress.
“This is exactly why we must strengthen Ukraine’s resilience every day,” Zelenskyy said. “Missiles and air defense systems are essential, and equally crucial is active work with our partners for peace. We need real, reliable solutions that will help end this war. I thank everyone who is helping.”
