Russian attacks kill at least five in Ukraine as US envoys arrive in Moscow

At least five people have been killed and another five injured after Russian forces launched an attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Kamianske, as two senior United States envoys arrived in Moscow for renewed efforts to end the war.

Dnipropetrovsk Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said the attack struck the city on Saturday, causing casualties and damage as diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict gathered pace.

US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday ahead of planned talks with Russian officials. They are expected to travel to Kyiv on Sunday to present a US proposal aimed at bringing the more than four-year war to an end.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was expected to meet the two envoys at the Kremlin, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who was quoted by Russian state media.

The diplomatic mission came alongside temporary ceasefire announcements by both sides.

Peskov said Putin had ordered Russian forces to suspend strikes on Kyiv for three days beginning Saturday. Ukrainian forces had also been instructed to observe a three-day halt from midnight.

However, fighting continued elsewhere in Ukraine, with Ukrainian officials reporting fresh Russian attacks during the overnight period.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces had struck a civilian enterprise in Kamianske and also carried out attacks targeting airports in Kyiv and nearby Boryspil.

Zelenskyy suggested the airport strikes could have been linked to preparations for a possible visit by US officials and the potential use of an aircraft to land in the Kyiv area.

Ukraine's Armed Forces later clarified that the temporary ceasefire order did not require troops to halt operations along the front because Russia had continued its attacks.

Other parts of Ukraine also came under fire.

Three people, including a 17-year-old boy, were injured in Russian attacks in the Odesa region, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service. In the southern city of Mykolaiv, a Russian drone attack on a shopping centre injured a 17-year-old girl.

Two women were also injured and taken to hospital after a Russian strike hit a nine-storey residential building in Boryspil in the Kyiv region.

Civilian casualties in Ukraine have risen sharply in recent months amid an intensification of Russian attacks. Ukrainian authorities have reported the increasing use of jet-powered drones, which are faster and more difficult to intercept than conventional propeller-driven models.

Russia, meanwhile, said its forces had destroyed 53 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight, including several over the Moscow region.

Ukraine has increasingly relied on long-range drones to strike targets deep inside Russia, including facilities linked to the country's oil industry. Kyiv has sought to put economic pressure on Moscow and demonstrate the consequences of the war to the Russian population.

The latest violence came as Washington renewed its push for a diplomatic breakthrough.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his administration had developed a fresh and concrete proposal designed to end the war, although he provided few details.

Trump attributed the continuing difficulty in reaching a settlement partly to the hostile relationship between Putin and Zelenskyy, saying their personal animosity had become an obstacle to negotiations.

Witkoff and Kushner's visit to Moscow is their first since January. Their subsequent trip to Ukraine is also expected to mark their first visit there since Trump returned to the White House.

The meetings come at a critical moment, with the conflict continuing to produce casualties despite renewed international efforts to establish a lasting ceasefire and negotiate a broader peace agreement.

Separately, the International Atomic Energy Agency said a local ceasefire had been arranged to allow repairs aimed at restoring external electricity supplies to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

The facility has been without external power since August 20 and has been relying on emergency diesel generators to maintain critical cooling and safety systems.