Kyiv/Moscow, July 6 (SANA)RussiaandUkraineexchanged overnight attacks that killed civilians and damaged infrastructure, as diplomatic attention turned to an expected meeting between U.S. PresidentDonald Trumpand Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyon the sidelines of theNATO summitin Ankara later this week.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, as saying that at least nine people were killed and 46 injured in a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital. Another person was killed in the Bucha district on the outskirts of Kyiv.

Ukraine’s emergency services said at least 15 residential buildings were damaged or destroyed, including a nine-story apartment building in Kyiv’s Podilskyi district, where rescue teams continued searching for survivors beneath the rubble. A warehouse in the Obolonskyi district was also damaged.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it had launched a “large-scale strike” in response to what it described as Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure inside Russian territory.

According to the ministry, Russian forces targeted facilities linked to Ukraine’s military-industrial complex, as well as energy and oil infrastructure in and around Kyiv. It said military airfield infrastructure in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Kyiv was also targeted.

Ukraine, meanwhile, launched drone attacks on Russia. Moscow said its air defenses intercepted 47 drones over the Leningrad region on Sunday evening, according to Governor Alexander Drozdenko.

Power was also cut to the Crimean city of Sevastopol after what Russian authorities said was a Ukrainian attack on energy infrastructure on the outskirts of the city, which has a population of about 550,000.

Efforts to negotiate an end to the war remain stalled ahead of the anticipated meeting between Trump and Zelensky during the NATO summit in Ankara, where leaders and delegations from the alliance’s 32 member states are expected to gather.

A senior U.S. official said Trump would meet Zelensky to discuss ways to end the conflict, describing the issue as one of the U.S. president’s key foreign policy priorities.

Zelensky said on Saturday there was “a real possibility” of ending the war and that continued U.S. commitment would be crucial to achieving that goal.

Trump and Russian PresidentVladimir Putinalso held a phone call on Sunday to discuss the conflict and prospects for a political settlement. During the conversation, Putin briefed Trump on the latest developments along the front line and said Russian control of the town of Kostiantynivka marked an important step in ongoing military operations in the Donbas region.

International attention is now focused on Ankara amid cautious expectations that the Trump-Zelensky meeting could help revive diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.