Russia, Ukraine Resume Strikes as Truce Expires, One Dead

 In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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Russia, Ukraine Resume Strikes as Truce Expires, One Dead

 In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russia resumed strikes on Ukraine as a three-day truce expired on Tuesday, attacking the capital with drones and killing one person in the eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian authorities said.

The Russian military meanwhile said it had shot down 27 Ukrainian drones after the ceasefire expired.

US President Donald Trump had announced the truce on Friday, hours before Russia's World War II victory celebrations, saying he hoped it would mark "the beginning of the end" of the four-year-old conflict.

But even before it expired, the two countries had traded accusations of attacks on civilians that violated the truce.

As the ceasefire ended on Tuesday, Kyiv came under drone attacks, according to Ukrainian authorities.

"Enemy UAVs are currently over Kyiv. Please stay safe until the alert is cleared," the head of the capital's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, posted on Telegram.

The alert siren was the first confirmed in the capital since Friday, before the ceasefire came into force.

Kyiv's regional military administration told residents to remain in shelters and said its air defenses could be operating in the area.

Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine killed one person and wounded at least four others, regional military authorities said.

The strikes killed a man and wounded a woman in the area of Synelnykove in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the head of the regional military administration Oleksandr Ganzha posted on Telegram.

He added three others were wounded in strikes elsewhere in Dnipropetrovsk.

On the Russian side, "air defense duty assets intercepted and destroyed 27 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles" over the Belgorod, Voronezh and Rostov regions from midnight to 7:00 am Moscow time (2100 to 0400 GMT), Russia's defense ministry said in a statement.

- 'No silence at front' -

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had said Monday that fighting with Russia was ongoing despite the truce, accusing Moscow of not wanting to end the war started by President Vladimir Putin's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

"Today there was no silence at the front, there was fighting. We have recorded all of this," Zelensky said in his daily address in the final hours of the truce.

Zelensky also said it was "clear that the war in Iran is now drawing the most attention from America".

Negotiations on the Russia-Ukraine war have so far led nowhere, and have been largely sidelined by the Iran conflict -- though Trump's ceasefire announcement had raised some hope that US-led talks to end Russia's invasion could be resumed.



Iran Warns Any Israeli-led Attack Would be 'Devastating' for Global Markets

FILED - 25 September 2026, US, Bronx: FILE PHOTO - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivers a statement during a press conference at Security Council encounter at UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Lev Radin/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
FILED - 25 September 2026, US, Bronx: FILE PHOTO - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivers a statement during a press conference at Security Council encounter at UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Lev Radin/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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Iran Warns Any Israeli-led Attack Would be 'Devastating' for Global Markets

FILED - 25 September 2026, US, Bronx: FILE PHOTO - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivers a statement during a press conference at Security Council encounter at UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Lev Radin/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
FILED - 25 September 2026, US, Bronx: FILE PHOTO - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivers a statement during a press conference at Security Council encounter at UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Lev Radin/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Wednesday that any Israel-instigated attack would have a "devastating impact" on global markets.

"Devastating impact on int'l markets of any Israel-instigated military misadventure” in the Arabian Gulf region “remains major concern for both gas suppliers and consumers," Araghchi said in a post on X.

His post came as Qatari mediators presented Iran with a new draft deal on Sunday to end the war with the US and Israel, and Tehran is expected to send a response to the draft by the end of the week, an official briefed on the negotiations said on Wednesday.

The new draft being considered by Iran sets a seven-day timeline addressing both Tehran's and Washington's concerns, laying out daily confidence-building ⁠steps that each ⁠side must take, the official said.

The timeline could begin early next week and several countries would act as guarantors of the deal, the official added.

Qatar, along with Pakistan, has led mediation to end the war that the ⁠US and Israel launched in February. The conflict has disrupted global shipping and oil supplies and spilled over across other parts of the Middle East.


Qatari Mediators Present Iran with New Deal to End the War, Official Says

People drive next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
People drive next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
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Qatari Mediators Present Iran with New Deal to End the War, Official Says

People drive next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
People drive next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

Qatari mediators presented Iran with a new draft deal on Sunday to end the war with the US and Israel, and Tehran is expected to send a response to the draft by the end of the week, an official briefed on the negotiations said on Wednesday.

The new draft being considered by Iran sets a seven-day timeline ‌addressing both Tehran's ‌and Washington's concerns, laying out daily ‌confidence-building ⁠steps that each ⁠side must take, the official said.

The timeline could begin early next week and several countries would act as guarantors of the deal, the official added.

Qatar, along with Pakistan, has led mediation to end the war that the ⁠US and Israel launched in ‌February. The conflict has disrupted ‌global shipping and oil supplies and spilled ‌over across other parts of the Middle East.

There ‌were concerns ahead of Sunday's meeting in Tehran that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fighting for another term in a general election, could resume attacks ‌on Iran this week, the official briefed on the negotiations said.

On ⁠Friday, ⁠US President Donald Trump repeated threats to strike Iran again.

Earlier mediation efforts helped produce an interim peace agreement in June, but the deal quickly unraveled.


Zelensky Fears New Yalta at Russia-China-US Summit

This handout photograph taken by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on October 27, 2026 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attending a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)
This handout photograph taken by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on October 27, 2026 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attending a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)
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Zelensky Fears New Yalta at Russia-China-US Summit

This handout photograph taken by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on October 27, 2026 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attending a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)
This handout photograph taken by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on October 27, 2026 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attending a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned in comments published Wednesday that an expected meeting between Russian, US and Chinese leaders could offer a platform to redistribute influence, similar to what happened after World War II.

"We really don't want this to turn into 'Yalta 2, 3, 4', with a redistribution of influence," he said, referring to the 1945 summit of Soviet, US and British leaders on dividing up the post-World War II map.

The Kremlin has indicated that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US and Chinese counterparts, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit next month is under preparation.

"What China, Russia, and the United States might discuss has not yet been clearly defined today," Zelensky said in comments to journalists.

Russia has for years been seeking a comprehensive agreement with Washington on Europe's security architecture, and in particular an end to NATO's expansion near Russia's borders.

It casts its full-scale invasion of Ukraine as countering a threat posed by NATO -- a position widely rejected in Kyiv and the West, which says the invasion is an imperialistic land-grab by Putin.

"Russia wants this meeting more than anyone," Zelensky said, warning against handing Moscow "another major diplomatic advantage".

His comments came as Russia and Ukraine are due to meet next month with US envoys in the United Arab Emirates in a bid to revive talks towards ending Europe's worst conflict since World War II.

No date has yet been set for the meeting, but Zelensky said Ukraine wanted it to take place before the potential three-way talks between the Russian, US and Chinese leaders.

Zelensky also urged the United States to increase its supplies of Patriot air defense missiles, crucial to intercepting Russian attacks.

Ukraine had been receiving 12 a month from the United States this year, but has "to shoot down 150 ballistic missiles a month," Zelensky said.

Kyiv is also seeking a joint agreement to halt attacks on energy infrastructure ahead of winter and a maritime ceasefire to help safeguard its grain exports.

But Russia has rejected the idea of partial pauses in fighting before a final peace agreement has been reached.