Attacks on Ukraine kill 3 as peace efforts grind on

President Zelensky says a diplomatic delegation is headed to the United States.

- ISOBEL KOSHIW

RESCUERS look for victims after a Russian drone hit a building in Kyiv, Ukraine.

EFREM LUKATSKY Associated Press

Russian drone and missile attacks in and around Ukraine's capital killed at least three people early Saturday, officials said, as the country’s representatives traveled to the U.S. to work on a renewed push to end the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X that the delegation, headed by national security chief Rustem Umerov, was on its way to “swiftly and substantively work out the steps needed to end the war.” A U.S. delegation is then expected to travel to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the second half of this week.

The Kyiv City Military Administration said two people were killed in the strikes on the capital, and a missile and drone strike elsewhere in the broader Kyiv region left a woman dead and eight people wounded, according to the regional police.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that 29 people were wounded in Kyiv, noting that falling debris from intercepted Russian drones hit residential buildings. He also said the western part of the capital city had lost power.