Russian strikes kill seven in Ukraine as US envoy meets Putin

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least seven people overnight Thursday, just hours after a US envoy met with President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. The strikes continued despite President Donald Trump claiming the conflict was closer to ending than ever before. The attacks killed one person in Sumy, one in Kharkiv, three in Zaporizhzhia, and two in Donetsk, according to regional authorities. Kyiv's mayor reported 15 wounded in the capital. Moscow said 630 drones were launched against Russia, with two people injured in the capital region. US envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo. The Kremlin said it was open to resuming trilateral talks in mid-November, and discussed a potential Putin-Trump-Xi summit in Shenzhen. Trump has faced frustration after over a year of stalled negotiations.