Russian missiles strike Ukraine’s railways, hours after U.S. officials’ visit to Kyiv.

Russia rained down a barrage of missiles on at least five railway stations across central and western Ukraine early Monday morning, hours after America’s top diplomat and defense official met President Volodymyr Zelensky in a high-stakes visit to Kyiv that was carried out largely in secret.

The missile strikes were part of a broader assault aimed at crippling critical infrastructure in Ukraine. They came as the U.S. and its allies have stepped up efforts to supply heavy weapons to combat Russia’s renewed offensive to seize control of eastern Ukraine.

“This morning, within an hour, five railway stations in central and western Ukraine came under fire,” Ukraine’s railway head, Oleksandr Kamyshin, reported in a Telegram post on Monday, adding that there were victims from the attack.

Separate attacks on railways were reported by local officials in the regions of Zhytomyr, Rivne and Lviv. Read more

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