At least 5 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine as US envoys visit Moscow

Russia has attacked the city of Kamianske in southeastern Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, killing five people and injuring five others, according to Governor Oleksandr Hanzha.

The attack came on Saturday morning, hours after several Ukrainian armed forces were reportedly ordered to follow a three-day ceasefire as United States special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner travel to Kyiv on Sunday and Moscow on Saturday with a proposal to “end the war”.

A separate local ceasefire was reportedly brokered ⁠by ⁠the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enable ⁠repairs for the restoration of external power ⁠to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the agency said on Saturday.

The Russian-controlled nuclear power plant, ‌located in Ukraine, has been without external power since August 20 and has relied on emergency diesel generators to cool its vital safety systems.

Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported that this “break” for Ukrainian forces was scheduled to start at midnight on September 5 and last until 23:59 on September 8.

“The military confirms that a ceasefire order has been received. The ceasefire is happening everywhere. On the ground, in the air, and at sea,” People’s Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday night.

However, this order did not stop Russian attacks from continuing in Ukraine overnight, according to the Interfax Ukraine news agency. As a result, Ukraine’s Armed Forces clarified that they did not have to order this temporary ceasefire on the front lines, as Russia had not stopped its aggression.

“The Russians struck a civilian enterprise in Kamianske, in the Dnipro region,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday on X.