Three were killed in Russian attacks on Kyiv before the peace talks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Russia-Ukraine, news war

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia are expected to meet on Monday, as Zellinski urges the allies to pressure Moscow to end the attacks.

At least three people were killed in drone strikes overnight on the Ukrainian capital, where President Folodimir Zelinski urged his Western allies to exercise more pressure on Moscow to stop its attacks on the country before peace talks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The military administration in the city of Kiev said in the application of TELGRAM that a five -year -old child was among the three who were killed. On the eleventh, others said they were injured on Sunday.

The mayor of Kyivali Klitschko also wrote on Telegram that emergency services have been sent to many areas of the city after fires and damage.

Earlier, the country’s air force said that Russia fired 147 drones overnight, targeting many Ukrainian regions. The Air Force said that 97 drones were shot down, and did not reach 25 to their targets.

“New decisions and new pressure on Moscow are needed to put an end to these strikes and this war,” Zelinski wrote on X.

He added: “We must strengthen Ukraine and our army – with more air defense systems and real support. I thank all the partners who understand this and continue to support Ukraine.”

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces “destroyed” 59 Ukrainian drones “overnight, and focused on the areas of Rostov and Strakhan.

Conflict talks

On Saturday night, US President Donald Trump said that efforts to stop more escalation in the war “are somewhat control.”

Trump Clay Travis, the founder of the Outkick Sports website, told Air Force One that “rational discussions” and good relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zellinski were the key to negotiating the end of the war.

Last week, Trump held separate discussions with Putin and Zelinski It aims to end the war that started in 2022. They came weeks after Trump and Vice President JD Vance married Zelenskky at home.

However, while the talks were less than Trump’s goal in securing a 30 -day ceasefire, Putin agreed to stop Russian attacks on Energy infrastructure For this period, which accepted Zelinski. However, since the agreement, the two sides accused each other of targeting energy sites.

At the same time, Russian and Ukrainian delegations are expected to meet separately on Monday with US officials in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia As part of the peace negotiations by the Trump administration.

Senator Gregory Karasin, who leads the Russian delegation, told the Zvezda TV channel, owned by the Ministry of Defense, that they “hoped to achieve some progress at least at the meeting.

Besides his FSB intelligence colleague, Sergey Besida, Carrasin said they would deal with talks in the “combat and construction” mood.

“We go with a mood to fight to resolve at least one case,” Karasin told Zvezda.

A senior Ukrainian official told Agence France -Presse on Saturday that Kiev was hoping to secure an agreement at least a partial ceasefire that covers the attacks on energy, infrastructure and the sea.

It is expected that the Minister of Defense of Umerov will attend negotiations.