Russia hit Ukraine airports ahead of US envoys' visit, Zelenskyy says

Russia struck airports in Kyiv and Boryspil ahead of a planned US envoys’ visit, Zelenskyy said Russia launched overnight strikes on airports in Kyiv and Boryspil ahead of a planned visit by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday. Sharing the visuals of the aftermath, he linked the attacks to preparations for the American delegation’s possible arrival by aircraft.“There were also demonstrative Russian strikes on our airports overnight – in Kyiv and Boryspil. Deliberate, for the first time in a while,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X.“Clearly, these Russian strikes on the airports are a reaction to the discussions and preparations for the possibility of the U.S. side using an aircraft to travel to Ukraine and land at Kyiv Airport or Boryspil Airport,” he added.The planned visit by Witkoff and Kushner, who is US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is aimed at reviving peace talks amid an escalation in aerial attacks between Russia and Ukraine.Zelenskyy had on Friday said Kyiv would halt air attacks during the US envoys’ visit and urged Moscow to do the same.“Just as we did during previous diplomatic visits by the American si...