Cross-border strikes continue despite US envoy visits to Kyiv and Moscow

Cross-border attacks persisted between Russian and Ukrainian forces over the weekend despite ongoing diplomatic visits by United States envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Reports indicated that Ukrainian frontline brigades received instructions to observe a four-day operational hold during the talks in Kyiv and Moscow.

While US President Donald Trump stated that both sides agreed to halt strikes on energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that Kyiv's commitment requires Western guarantees of Russian compliance regarding energy, transport, and food supply routes.

Despite agreed pauses targeting capitals, shelling and drone strikes resulted in casualties across Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, as well as incidents in Russia's Belgorod and Sochi areas. Concurrently, European Union officials denounced a Russian strike on a train near the Polish border as an effort to divide allies.

Sources: Beta, CDM, Index, N1, Vijesti