Overnight Attacks Hit Russia and Ukraine as US Envoys Push Talks
Russia's Defence Ministry said it had intercepted 1,198 Ukrainian drones overnight into Friday, 13 November, across more than 15 regions. Drones are unmanned aircraft.
In Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 467 Ukrainian drones hit the city overnight. In the Volgograd region, Governor Andrei Bocharov said attacks struck an industrial area, killing four people and injuring two others.
In Ukraine, the military administration of the southern port city of Odesa reported at least two people killed as Russian forces attacked the city from early Friday morning. Russia's Defence Ministry said separately that it had targeted a cargo ship in the Black Sea transporting weapons and military equipment for Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian emergency officials reported six people injured in Russian attacks in the southeastern Zaporizhia district. In the capital, Kyiv, a hospital caught fire overnight after being struck during a Russian drone attack, and one person was injured.
Away from the fighting, negotiators from Russia and Ukraine met in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday. They reported agreement on a major prisoner exchange but no progress toward ending the war.
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, then briefed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Dublin. Kushner said Putin had agreed to include Europe in the negotiations. The Kremlin has not confirmed that claim.
Russia is also reported to have repeated its demands, including the right to control the entirety of Ukraine's Donbas, an eastern region of the country.
