LONDON — A minimum of 4 folks had been killed and 17 had been injured in Ukraine’s northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv in what the native mayor referred to as a “huge” Russian drone assault on Sunday evening.
“Each evening and daily deliver new challenges for our metropolis, new destructions and new work,” Mayor Ihor Terekhov mentioned in a put up to Telegram.
Kharkiv was among the many targets of Russia’s newest in a single day assault, which Ukraine’s air power mentioned noticed 162 drones launched into the nation. Air defenses shot down or suppressed 125 drones, the air power mentioned, with 37 craft impacting throughout 15 areas.
“Essentially the most harm was suffered by civilian infrastructure and personal households within the Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk areas,” the air power mentioned in a put up to Telegram. “Sadly, there are civilian casualties.”
A fireplace burns at a home that was destroyed in a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, late on Nov. 23, 2025.
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Russia’s Protection Ministry, in the meantime, mentioned its forces shot down not less than 103 Ukrainian drones in a single day and into Monday afternoon. 4 drones had been shot down over the Moscow area, of which two had been heading towards the capital, the ministry mentioned.
The most recent trade of strikes got here as U.S., European and Ukrainian officers met in Geneva, Switzerland, to debate the contentious 28-point American peace plan proposal put to Kyiv final week, with phrases critics say would represent a Ukrainian capitulation.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned Sunday that the talks had been “most likely the best and significant assembly we have had to this point on this complete course of since we turned concerned.”
Rubio advised reporters that the presidents of each nations must approve any framework, however mentioned he was “snug” they’d.
“We’re making some adjustments and changes in hopes of additional narrowing the variations and getting nearer to an final result that each Ukraine and the US may be snug with,” Rubio mentioned.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), subsequent to US particular envoy Steve Witkoff (2nd L), faces the Ukrainian delegation throughout discussions on a U.S. plan to finish the warfare in Ukraine on the U.S. Mission in Geneva, on Nov. 23, 2025. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Geneva on November 23, 2025 morning for discussions on a US plan to finish the Ukraine warfare, after Washington signaled room for negotiation on the controversial proposal. Ukrainian, European and Canadian officers had been additionally gathering within the Swiss metropolis. (Photograph by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP through Getty Photographs)
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Rubio later Sunday mentioned that every one events had made “nice strides” on a possible peace settlement with Russia. He additionally mentioned that the deadline for the events to achieve an settlement is “as quickly as attainable” and that the method might lengthen previous a Thanksgiving deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump.
“It developed. It is a work — this can be a dwelling, respiratory doc daily with enter, it adjustments,” he mentioned of the proposal.
Trump advised reporters on Saturday that there’s room for additional negotiation. Requested by reporters whether or not the 28-point plan was his final provide, Trump replied, “No.” He added, “A technique or one other we’ll get it ended.”
However on Sunday, the president criticized Ukraine and its European backers, saying Ukrainian “‘management’ has expressed zero gratitude for our efforts” and noting that “Europe continues to purchase oil from Russia.”
Requested in a while Sunday whether or not the president nonetheless thought-about the Ukrainians “ungrateful,” Rubio mentioned he believed Trump was now “fairly happy” with progress on the negotiating desk.
On Monday morning, Trump hinted at headway being made. “Is it actually attainable that massive progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine???” he wrote on social media.
“Do not imagine it till you see it, however one thing good simply could also be occurring,” Trump added.
On this handout {photograph} taken and launched by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on Nov. 20, 2025, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky appears on throughout a gathering with US Secretary of the Military Daniel Driscoll in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the meantime, mentioned in a put up to social media on Sunday that his delegation in Geneva “held a collection of conferences — with the American aspect and with our European companions as nicely.”
“The delegation has simply reported on the outcomes of their discussions, and these had been substantive conversations. Lots is altering — we’re working very fastidiously on the steps wanted to finish the warfare,” Zelenskyy added.
“It will be significant that there’s dialogue with the American representatives and there are alerts President Trump’s crew is listening to us,” Zelenskyy wrote.
Talking at a discussion board in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday, the president mentioned Kyiv will “proceed working with companions, particularly the US, and search for compromises that strengthen, however not weaken us. And we are going to proceed explaining how harmful it’s to fake that aggression is one thing one can merely overlook and transfer on.”
In talks with the U.S. to this point, Zelenskyy added, “we have managed to maintain extraordinarily delicate factors on the desk, together with the complete launch of all Ukrainian prisoners of warfare beneath the all-for-all system and civilians, and the entire return of Ukrainian kids kidnapped by Russia. These are necessary steps, however to attain actual peace, extra, extra is required.”
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov advised reporters on Monday that Russia had “not acquired something official but” concerning the outcomes of the Geneva talks.
“We’re, in fact, carefully monitoring media experiences, which have been considerable over the previous few days, together with from Geneva,” Peskov mentioned.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Russia, Nov. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump in Washington, Nov. 17, 2025 and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Athens, Greece, Nov. 16, 2025.
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“Now we have not seen any plan but,” Peskov continued. “Now we have learn the assertion following the discussions in Geneva. Some changes have been made to the textual content we noticed earlier. We are going to wait. Apparently, the dialogue is constant there, and a few contacts will proceed. Thus far, I repeat, we’ve not acquired something formally.”
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned throughout a gathering of his Safety Council that the Kremlin had acquired the brand new 28-point U.S. proposal. “I imagine that it might additionally type the idea for a closing peace settlement, however this textual content has not been mentioned with us intimately,” Putin mentioned.
“I imagine the reason being the identical: the U.S. administration has not but managed to safe the settlement of the Ukrainian aspect, as Ukraine is against it,” Putin added. “Apparently, Ukraine and its European allies are nonetheless beneath the phantasm that they’ll inflict a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield.”
ABC Information’ Joseph Simonetti contributed to this report.
