Ukraine wants Zelenskyy-Putin summit to jolt stalled US-led peace efforts

Russian Emergency Ministry employees work at the side of the damaged multi-storey apartment building hit by a Ukrainian drone in Syzran in Russia’s Samara region (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

Ukraine is pushing for face-to-face talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyiv’s top diplomat said, presenting a potential summit as a way of injecting new momentum into US-led efforts to end Russia’s more than four-year invasion of its neighbour.

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone attack deep inside Russia struck a residential building, killing a woman and a child, Russian officials said on Wednesday.