Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he expects US mediators to arrive "in the coming days," expressing hope that Washington's engagement in efforts to end the war with Russia would continue.

Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv have intensified, disrupting daily life with constant air-raid sirens. Previously, these attacks occurred mostly at night.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russia unleashes deadly strike on Kyiv spreading to care home and houses, killing 37 - The Ukrainian president has promised to punish those responsible as munitions were unk

Russia has stepped up its attacks against Ukraine, hitting a children's hospital in Kiev and causing hundreds of civilian casualties.

EADaily, August 22nd, 2026. Kiev itself let the genie out of the bottle, starting to hit civilian targets in Russia. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Monday strummed on a guitar and also went to a shopping mall destroyed by a Russian strike as he visited Kyiv to show his country's support for Ukraine.Burnham also went to a Kyiv shopping centre that was destroyed by a Russian attack in May,

Strikes on villages northeast of Kiev destroyed homes and cars while killing three people and causing a warehouse fire.