Russia launches deadly strikes on Kyiv as pause during US envoy visits ends
US envoy says ‘encouraged’ by talks as White House official told Reuters next steps to be announced in coming weeks.
![An emergency services specialist works on the site of a destroyed DIY and construction materials mall "Galaktika" following an overnight attack, which local Russian-installed officials have attributed to Ukrainian drone strikes, in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on September, 7, 2026, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. [Stringer/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/afp_6a9f6f11afda-1788833553.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
US envoy says ‘encouraged’ by talks as White House official told Reuters next steps to be announced in coming weeks.
![An emergency services specialist works on the site of a destroyed DIY and construction materials mall "Galaktika" following an overnight attack, which local Russian-installed officials have attributed to Ukrainian drone strikes, in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on September, 7, 2026, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. [Stringer/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/afp_6a9f6f11afda-1788833553.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)







Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Ukraine and Russia this weekend to help restart peace negotiations.

US President Donald Trump laments past financial support for Ukraine’s war effort and has vowed to claw the money back.

A Russian drone has struck Ukraine’s domestic intelligence headquarters in central Kyiv, injuring five people.
As Ukrainian civilians suffer from air attacks, Russian ground forces struggle to advance.
Amid hopes for diplomacy, a Russian strike hits the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service in Kyiv.
New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham discussed shared challenges in his first official meeting with the French president.
Separately, one person killed and five injured after Ukrainian drone struck bus in Russian-controlled part of Horlivka.
Comments latest swipe by president against critical media coverage of what experts call troubling shortages.
Three intelligence officers were wounded in shootout that Zelenskyy has described as ‘absolutely disgraceful’.
From Moscow to Plesetsk, Ukraine appears to be trying to hit infrastructure that powers Russia’s war from space.