Russia strikes Ukraine’s capital despite US peace push

KYIV Ukraine AP Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine s capital Kyiv early Tuesday striking residential buildings and potential infrastructure according to video footage and local government A residential building in the central Pechersk district and another in Kyiv s eastern district of Dniprovskyi were badly damaged Mayor Vitalii Kitschko stated Video footage posted to Telegram presented a large fire spread through multiple floors of the nine-story building in Dniprovskyi At least four people were injured the head of Kyiv city administration Tymor Tkachenko explained Ukraine s resource ministry announced that capacity infrastructure had been hit without specifying what type or the extent of the damage The Russian attack followed talks between U S and Ukraine representatives in Geneva on Sunday about a U S -Russia brokered peace plan Oleksandr Bevz a delegate from the Ukrainian side communicated The Associated Press on Monday that the talks had been very constructive and the two sides were able to discuss majority of points Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declared Monday it had not seen the updated plan