A person checks damages next to a residential building on fire following a Russian drone attack on the city of Vyshhorod, in the Kyiv region early on Sunday — AFP KYIV, Nov 30 (AFP): Ukrainian negotiators were set to hold talks in the United States on Sunday on Washington's plan to end the war with Russia, with Kyiv facing pressure on both the military and political fronts.
As Russia advances on the front line, its forces targeted Ukraine's capital and the region for two nights in a row ahead of the talks in the United States.
A drone attack in the outskirts of Kyiv killed one person and wounded 11 on Saturday night, the regional governor said.
Hours earlier, a Ukrainian security source said Kyiv was responsible for attacks on two oil tankers in the Black Sea that it believed were covertly transporting sanctioned Russian oil.
The US talks come amid turbulence for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his government-a blockbuster corruption probe forced him to sack his chief of staff and top negotiator Andriy Yermak on Friday.
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Zelensky for talks in Paris, the French presidency announced.
Hours before Ukraine's delegation was to depart, one of Russia's largest oil terminals halted operations on Saturday following an attack by sea drones.
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), a group that includes US oil majors Chevron and ExxonMobil and which owns the terminal, called the strike a "terrorist attack".
Ukraine, which did not comment on the incident, regularly targets Russian energy facilities in a bid to sap the country's war chest as the conflict grinds through its fourth year.
President Emmanuel Macron will on Monday host his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for talks in Paris, the French presidency announced, as Washington seeks to push a plan aimed at ending the war between Kyiv and Moscow.
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