Zelenskyy set to address UN as Russia strikes Kyiv

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Russia conducted drone strikes on Kyiv, killing 2 and injuring 23 ahead of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's United Nations General Assembly address. Zelenskyy met with US President Trump amid ongoing conflict escalation and stalled peace talks.

Russia hammered Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with drones in daylight attacks on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding 23, just hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to address world leaders at the UN General Assembly. Zelenskyy met US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as Trump has expressed frustration over the lack of progress in talks aimed at ending the war and the continued escalation of aerial attacks by both sides. Emerald Maxwell reports.