Russia Pounds Kyiv With Drones Hours Before Zelenskyy’s U.N. Address

Russian drones struck Kyiv in daylight on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding 23, hours before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. General Assembly. Fires and smoke spread across the capital in what officials described as the latest of daily attacks; a separate strike in Zaporizhzhia wounded two men and burned through roughly 1.5 acres of a shopping mall.

Zelenskyy met Tuesday with President Trump, who has voiced impatience with the stalled peace talks and the escalating strikes from both sides. Zelenskyy said he has proposals on de-escalation, including halting attacks on the power grid and securing Black Sea grain shipments, and Ukraine says it needs more U.S.-made Patriot systems, which are in short supply. Russia's Defense Ministry said it struck Ukrainian military and energy targets overnight and claimed to have intercepted more than 500 Ukrainian drones.

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