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Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv as US envoys leave

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Russia resumed strikes on Kyiv with ballistic missiles, injuring six people and damaging homes, while Poland activated military aviation to protect its airspace amid rising tensions.

(Reuters) - Russia resumed airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on Tuesday, shortly after the departure ​of U.S. peace negotiators, attacking the city with ballistic ‌missiles and injuring six people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

People were also trapped in a residential building and there were fires across Kyiv, Klitschko ​said on the Telegram messaging app, after what he ​said were Russian ballistic missile strikes.

A five-storey apartment building ⁠and a three-storey residential block were damaged by falling debris, ​the Kyiv Military Administration said on Telegram separately, asking people ​to seek shelter.

As explosions were heard in Kyiv, neighbouring Poland, a NATO and European Union member, began military aviation operations to protect its airspace ​against a risk of violation, its armed forces said on ​X.

Russia resumed its attacks after U.S. peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff left ‌following ⁠a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday, as the Trump administration renewed its push to end Russia's 4-1/2 year war in Ukraine.

They arrived from talks in Moscow, after which ​the Kremlin said it ​did not ⁠rule out the resumption of the three-way negotiations.

In Russia, Ukrainian drones damaged civilian infrastructure and injured people ​in the Volga river city of Saratov, some ​730 ⁠km (450 miles) southeast of Moscow, according to the regional governor.

The area is home to a large oil refinery run by state ⁠oil company ​Rosneft (ROSN.MM) as well as a number ​of other industrial and military facilities. 

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