Russian Attacks Kill 3 in Ukraine as US Envoys Set to Visit Kyiv

Russian attacks overnight killed at least three people in Ukraine, including two police officers in Dnipro and one person in the Odesa region, local officials said Friday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced he expects U.S. envoys in Kyiv within days for renewed diplomatic talks. Zelenskyy said preliminary dates are set for meetings in both Moscow and Kyiv, with the Kyiv visit expected imminently, though U.S. officials did not immediately confirm. Russian state media reported negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would visit Moscow first, then Kyiv on Saturday and Sunday, but this could not be independently verified. The attacks also injured at least eight people across Odesa, Kyiv, and elsewhere, damaging residential buildings and striking Ukraine’s security service headquarters. In Russia, a Ukrainian drone strike set oil depots ablaze in Sochi and Sirius, while Finland investigated a Russian-made drone found on its shoreline.