<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/russia" rel="" target="_blank" title="Russia"><span>Russia</span></a><span> attacked </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/ukraine" rel="" target="_blank" title="Ukraine's"><span>Ukraine's</span></a><span> capital with </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/russia-ukraine-conflict-updates-russia-launches-mass-attack-on-kyiv-ahead-of-trump-zelenskyy-peace-talks/8b8a9c20-a221-4536-a422-671cf4f7deeb" rel="" target="_blank" title="ballistic missiles and drones"><span>ballistic missiles and drones</span></a><span> on Saturday (Sunday AEST), killing at least one person a day before talks between the leaders of Ukraine and the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="_blank" title="United States"><span>United States</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Explosions boomed across Kyiv as the attack began in early morning and continued for hours, wounding 27 more.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ukrainian President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/volodymyr-zelenskyy" rel="" target="_blank" title="Volodymyr Zelenskyy"><span>Volodymyr Zelenskyy</span></a><span> is preparing to meet US President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="_blank" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> in Florida on Sunday (Monday AEST) for further talks on ending the nearly </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/russia-ukraine" rel="" target="_blank" title="four-year war"><span>four-year war</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/alleged-drink-driver-crashes-into-fire-hydrant-blackburn-south-melbourne/3581ad26-6384-4920-b6ab-6ba601d4b5ce" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Alleged drink driver crashes into fire hydrant in Melbourne</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zelenskyy told reporters that he and Trump plan to discuss several matters including security guarantees and territorial issues in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“This attack is Russia’s answer on our peace efforts. It really shows that (Russian President Vladimir) </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/vladimir-putin" rel="" target="_blank" title="Putin"><span>Putin</span></a><span> doesn’t want peace,” Zelenskyy said after stopping in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/canada" rel="" target="_blank" title="Canada"><span>Canada</span></a><span> to meet Prime Minister Mark Carney in Halifax, Nova Scotia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/coral-adventurer-cruise-ship-hits-coral-reef-two-months-after-passenger-died-left-behind-lizard-island/a6be1a50-1555-4823-9a69-634f879b67b7" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Cruise ship runs aground on first trip since passenger's death</span></strong></a></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/russia-strikes-ukraine-kyiv-volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-meeting/5d59f09a-edde-4d05-b3ec-3301096f2bc1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carney announced $1.8 billion ($AU 2.6 billion) worth of economic assistance to Ukraine that helps unlock financing from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for reconstruction and development.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“The barbarism that we saw overnight, the attack of Kyiv, shows just how important that we stand with Ukraine during this difficult time," Carney said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><span>Apartment buildings hit</span></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Russian Defence Ministry said it carried out a “massive strike” overnight, using “long-range precision-guided weapons from land, air and sea, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles” and drones. It said it targeted energy infrastructure facilities used by Ukraine's forces and military-industrial enterprises.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But several residential buildings were struck.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ministry said the strike was in response to Ukraine’s attacks on “civilian objects” in Russia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/body-found-after-man-leaves-boat-table-top-nsw/4d7b11aa-c23b-4a48-9972-2e750e8685f4" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Body found in search for man missing in NSW dam</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ministry said air defences shot down seven Ukrainian drones over the Russian regions of Krasnodar and Adygeya overnight. On Saturday afternoon, the ministry said 147 more drones were shot down over a number of Russian regions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defences intercepted more than 20 drones “flying towards” the Russian capital on Saturday. He didn't report any damage or casualties. It wasn't immediately clear whether those were included in the Defence Ministry's count.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><span>Russia claims territorial gains</span></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In what could be viewed as an effort to further ramp up pressure on Ukraine before the Zelenskyy-Trump talks, the Kremlin released a video of Putin in military fatigues receiving reports from top military officials in an unidentified military command post.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Russia’s General Staff chief, General Valery Gerasimov, reported to Putin that the Russian troops have taken full control of Myrnohrad in the Donetsk region — Russia uses the old Soviet name of the city, Dimitrov — the city of Huliaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region, and a few other settlements.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/a-magnitude-66-earthquake-strikes-off-the-coast-of-taiwan/e895618c-33cd-499e-9614-211073b425f6" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Nation rocked by 6.6-magnitude earthquake</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Putin said that ”if Kyiv authorities are not willing to end the matter peacefully, we will achieve all the goals we have in the special military operation by military means.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ukraine's General Staff rejected these claims as “not supported by facts.” It said the situation in Huliaipole was “difficult, but the defensive operation in the city is ongoing." In Myrnohrad, the situation remains “challenging."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“The senior political leadership of the aggressor state has once again resorted to spreading false claims about significant ‘successes' by the Russian army on the battlefield," the General Staff said in an online statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><span>Poland on alert</span></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/poland" rel="" target="_blank" title="Poland"><span>Poland</span></a><span> scrambled fighter jets and closed airports in Lublin and Rzeszow near the border with Ukraine for several hours during the Russian attacks, the country’s armed forces command said on social media.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There was no violation of Polish airspace, it said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Civil aviation authority Pansa later said the airports had resumed operations. It was unclear what caused the alert in Poland when the Russian attacks were focused on Kyiv, which is far from the border.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Russia targeted Ukraine with 519 drones and 40 missiles, Ukraine's air force said. The main target was energy and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said. In some districts of the region there is no electricity or heating because of the attacks, he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><span>Man burns to death</span></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 10 residential buildings were damaged, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on social media.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Olena Karpenko, 52, said she heard a man as he burned to death. “His scream is still in my ears. I can’t believe it,” she said, weeping.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Karpenko said they heard an explosion at the nearby thermal power plant, followed by a stronger blast that shook the windows of her home. Then came the strike on her building.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two children were among those wounded in the attack, which hit seven locations across the capital, the head of the Kyiv Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said on social media.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/winter-storm-snarls-us-holiday-travel-across-northeast-great-lakes/f397a62f-fb00-4570-836b-8b441a664fc3"><strong><span>Wild weather sparks travel chaos for millions</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A body was found under the rubble of one damaged building, he said. It wasn’t immediately clear if that person was the man who burned to death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A fire broke out in an 18-story residential building in the Dnipro district, and emergency crews rushed to contain the flames. A 24-story residential building in the Darnytsia district was also hit, Tkachenko said, and more fires broke out in the Obolonskyi and Holosiivsky districts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the wider Kyiv region, the strikes hit industrial and residential buildings, according to Ukraine's Emergency Service. In the Vyshhorod area, emergency crews rescued one person found under the rubble of a destroyed house.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, said on X that the Russian attack caused “extensive power outages” in Kyiv, saying that hundreds of thousands of customers remained without power.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><span>Security guarantees prioritised</span></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zelenskyy told reporters he would aim to ensure there were “as few unresolved issues as possible ” in talks with Trump, while respecting Ukraine's red lines.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ghostwriter-side-hustle-sydney-mum-cost-of-living-exclusive/d3c1d722-66b9-46f1-8a3e-e4ed20a7c1f7"><strong><span>Sydney mum made bank writing books she's never allowed to talk about</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Speaking by audio note in a Whatsapp chat with journalists, Zelenskyy said he would prioritise discussing security guarantees for Ukraine. He has said that in the draft peace plan, the U.S. has committed to providing guarantees that mirror the NATO alliance's Article 5, which means an attack on Ukraine would trigger a collective military response from the US and its allies.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But key details must be worked out in a bilateral agreement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Territorial concessions are the most sensitive of issues the two leaders will discuss.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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