Russia shifts tactics with round-the-clock air strikes on Kyiv, disrupting daily life

Russia has shifted tactics in its war on Ukraine, launching round-the-clock air strikes on Kyiv that have shattered the previous pattern of nighttime-only attacks and disrupted daily life for residents. The new strategy uses fast, jet-powered drones, with air-raid sirens now interrupting commutes, shopping, and school days, exhausting civilians and prompting some to consider leaving the city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he expects US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to visit Kyiv in the coming days for talks. The diplomatic push to end the four-and-a-half-year invasion has stalled as Washington focuses on its war with Iran. The envoys have traveled to Moscow multiple times but never to Kyiv, and the intensified attacks have compounded the terror and exhaustion for residents.