Russian forces launched fresh drone strikes on Kyiv on Wednesday, Reuters reported, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the UN General Assembly to keep choking Russian revenues and warned Moscow of a painful winter if energy-truce talks fail.

Zelenskyy’s Tuesday sideline meeting with President Trump produced hopeful public lines about a deal but no ceasefire. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after talks with Sergey Lavrov that both sides had voiced interest in limited grain and energy pauses, even as Lavrov signaled resistance to temporary cessations at the Security Council.

The strike package illustrates why Kyiv treats energy infrastructure protection as urgent before winter. Accounts agree drones again struck the capital after high-level contacts; they diverge on whether limited truces are negotiable before any wider settlement.

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