{"id":171,"date":"2026-09-23T19:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobal.news\/?p=171"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:02:48","slug":"russian-strikes-hit-kyiv-as-zelenskyy-prepares-to-meet-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Russian Strikes Hit Kyiv as Zelenskyy Prepares to Meet Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian drones struck Kyiv on September 23 as Ukraine continues diplomatic efforts with the United States and European partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv early Wednesday as the war in Ukraine continues alongside renewed diplomatic efforts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters reported that Russian drones struck two petrol stations and other locations in the Ukrainian capital. One person was killed, according to Ukrainian officials cited by Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attacks came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for meetings with President Donald Trump during the UN General Assembly in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine has also carried out strikes against Russian energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy has said Ukraine could stop attacks against Russian energy targets if Russia stops attacks against Ukraine&#8217;s energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States and European governments continue to discuss military and diplomatic support for Ukraine, while the war remains a major issue at the UN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest attacks demonstrate that battlefield activity continues even as international leaders discuss possible diplomatic pathways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian drones struck Kyiv on September 23 as Ukraine continues diplomatic efforts with the United States and European partners. Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv early Wednesday as the war in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,10,8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-business-economy","category-geopolitics","category-usa","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/usglobal.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}