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Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles and drones, hours after agreeing to peace talks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Russian attacks on Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Thursday killed one person and wounded 22, Ukrainian authorities said. The strikes in Kyiv came hours after the Kremlin agreed to restart U.S.-brokered talks aimed at ending the war . The attack damaged homes, transportation infrastructure and other civilian sites in several districts of the city, Ukraines State Emergency Service said. In the Dniprovskyi district, on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, one person was killed and six were wounded, including a child, as fires broke out. On Wednesday, Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in principle to resume three-way negotiations involving Russia, the United States and Ukraine after Nov. 10, a week after the U.S. midterm election . Putin had met with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy backed the push for new talks, but was cautious. Well see what happens this time, he said shortly before missile alerts sounded over Kyiv. ___ Follow the APs coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine This article originally appeared on Associated Press at https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/russia-pounds-ukraines-capital-kyiv-071241165.html