00:00As Russia-Ukraine peace talks slowly gather momentum,
00:20Russia unleashes one of its harshest overnight barrages in weeks.
00:24Explosions echoed across Kyiv.
00:27Apartment blocks were ripped open and emergency crews rushed through choking smoke,
00:33just hours after President Zelensky signalled rare optimism on a U.S.-backed peace proposal.
00:39The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, came under heavy Russian missile and drone fire overnight.
00:45Officials say at least six civilians were killed, with multiple residential buildings struck,
00:52including a high rise in the Pachuks district, one of the city's busiest areas.
00:58Flames tore through several floors before firefighters managed to contain the blaze.
01:04The state emergency service released these photos on telegram.
01:08Twisted metal, shattered glass and families standing in the streets still in shock.
01:14President Volodymyr Zelensky warned earlier that Russia would intensify pressure as peace efforts accelerate.
01:22His air force issued a nationwide missile alert just minutes before the strikes hit Kyiv.
01:28But despite the violence,
01:30Zelensky revealed that negotiators have secured major revisions to Washington's draft peace plan.
01:36Changes Kyiv and European allies warned with caution.
01:40The original proposal triggered alarm in Kyiv and across Europe for allegedly giving Russia too many advantages.
01:49But Zelensky now says many of the right elements have been taken into account.
01:54Zelensky wrote late last night that the new plan could finally outline a realistic path to ending the war.
02:02He said sensitive issues will be discussed directly with President Donald Trump in upcoming talks.
02:09U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators met in Geneva on Sunday.
02:13Russia did not attend and dismissed the revised plan as completely unconstructive.
02:20European leaders are also racing to keep diplomacy alive.
02:24UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a virtual coalition of the willing meeting today with Ukraine's strongest European allies.
02:33Starmer warned that this war has already hurt millions worldwide, from energy markets to inflation at home.
02:41French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed key aspects of a Russia-Ukraine peace plan proposed by the U.S. even as he described it as a good step.
02:52In a significant development, CNN reports that U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is holding meetings with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi.
03:01The discussions, approved directly by President Vladimir Putin, aim to prepare the ground for future higher-level engagement.
03:09This follows days of intense negotiations in Geneva over a 28-point peace plan drafted by the U.S. with input from both Ukraine and Russia.
03:20But even as diplomacy intensifies, the violence shows no sign of slowing down.
03:26Ukraine carried out its own overnight strikes, claiming several Russian military casualties.
03:32For civilians in Kyiv, Mariupol and dozens of towns caught in the crossfire, peace still feels painfully distant.
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