Russia launches attacks across Ukraine as Miami peace talks continue | Ukraine

Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine early Saturday as U.S. and Ukrainian officials continued talks in Miami that the White House hopes will bring an end to the conflict.

Ukraine’s armed forces said Russia used more than 650 drones and 51 missiles overnight, and that the drones targeted locations across the country, including western regions hundreds of kilometers from the front line. Warning sirens also sounded in eastern Poland, near the Ukrainian border.

While at least three people were injured in attacks in the Kiev region, national energy operator Ukrenergo said most of the night attacks targeted power plants and other energy infrastructure. Russia has been relentlessly attacking Ukraine’s energy capabilities in recent weeks, hoping to cut off heat, light and water supplies as the country prepares for a fourth winter of full-scale conflict.

While the Russian defense ministry announced that 116 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian territory, there were unconfirmed reports on Telegram that it had hit an oil refinery in Ryazan, Ukraine. A residential building was damaged and drone debris fell on an “industrial facility”, the regional governor said.

Donald Trump is eager to end the war, but so far there is little sign that the two sides are close to finding a common position. Talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators will continue for a third day in Miami on Saturday, following a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow earlier in the week.

Washington’s plans involve Ukraine surrendering its territory in exchange for vague security guarantees, and this is currently difficult for Kiev to accept. There is also no indication that Russia is ready to sign a deal on the terms Trump proposes.

“The Russia-Ukraine issue has been a constant source of frustration, I think, for the entire White House,” US vice president J.D. Vance said in an interview with NBC on Friday, reiterating the administration’s surprise that the dispute was not easy to resolve.

European countries have been caught off guard by some of the U.S. efforts and are scrambling to be part of the process. On Saturday, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas sought to downplay the significance of the Trump administration’s new national security strategy, published a day earlier, which said Europe faced the “erasure of civilization” due to migration and suggested the United States should support right-wing forces on the continent.

Speaking at the diplomatic conference in Qatar, Kallas said, “The USA is still our biggest ally.” “I think we don’t always agree on different issues, but I think the general principle still holds. We are the greatest allies and we should stick together.”