KYIV, Ukraine, December 27 (ANI): Ukraine’s capital came under a large-scale missile and drone attack overnight on December 27, with multiple explosions reported across Kyiv and surrounding regions, a day ahead of a scheduled meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as diplomatic efforts continue to end the four-year-long war.
According to the Kyiv Independent, citing monitoring sources, the capital was struck by a major ballistic missile assault as Russia fired multiple Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, four Iskander ballistic missiles, and several Kalibr cruise missiles at the city.
Numerous explosions were heard throughout the capital and in surrounding areas of Kyiv Oblast, the report said.
In Brovary, a town about 20 kilometers northeast of Kyiv, the strikes caused power outages affecting the town and nearby areas.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed the attack in a post on Telegram, urging residents to remain in shelters.
“Explosions in the capital. Air defense forces are working. Stay in shelters!” Klitschko wrote.
Ukraine’s Air Force also issued a series of urgent alerts, warning of unmanned aerial vehicles operating over Kyiv and nearby regions.
According to the Air Force, UAVs were detected over Kyiv itself as well as in parts of the Kyiv region, including areas near Velyka Dymerka and west of the village of Pereyaslav, moving south.
Additional UAV activity was reported in the southern part of the Chernihiv region, heading toward Kyiv Oblast.
“Kyiv, take cover! There is an attack UAV in the air over the city,” the Air Force warned in one of its alerts.
The attack came a day after Zelenskyy confirmed his meeting with President Trump in Florida on Sunday, where Trump is acting as a mediator in ongoing peace talks to end the war.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Zelenskyy said the meeting could help move discussions closer to a settlement, though he cautioned that no final agreement should be expected immediately, CNN reported.
He said both sides would focus on resolving as many outstanding issues as possible.
Zelenskyy also stated that a 20-point peace plan proposed by U.S. and Ukrainian officials is 90 percent ready and that talks with Trump would focus on long-term security guarantees for Ukraine and the role of its allies in ensuring post-war stability, according to CNN.
However, Trump said in an interview that any peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia would require his approval, Politico reported.
“He doesn’t have anything until I approve it,” Trump said. “So we’ll see what he’s got.”
Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said its forces have continued advancing on front lines in southern Ukraine while carrying out a series of large-scale strikes across Ukrainian territory, which it described as a response to Ukrainian attacks on civilian targets inside Russia.
In a statement posted on Telegram, the ministry said units of the Vostok Group of Forces advanced deeper into Ukrainian defensive positions and, following what it called “decisive actions,” captured the settlement of Kosovtsevo in the Zaporizhzhia region.
“The Vostok Group’s units continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defense and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the settlement of Kosovtsevo in the Zaporizhzhia region,” the statement said.
The ministry also claimed that between December 20 and December 26, Russian forces conducted one “massive” and five “group” strikes against targets in Ukraine, including the use of Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles.
It said the strikes were carried out in response to alleged Ukrainian “terrorist attacks” on civilian infrastructure in the Russian Federation.
According to the statement, the strikes targeted enterprises linked to Ukraine’s defense industry, energy facilities supplying those enterprises, and transport infrastructure. It further claimed that airfields, ports, depot infrastructure, UAV assembly facilities, storage areas for long-range strike drones, fuel and military equipment depots, and temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries were hit.
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