Yermak said the talks in Riyadh focused on paths to peace in Ukraine and Saudi Arabia’s participation in this process . Zelenskyy said the delegation would also hold talks on Thursday in Switzerland before proceeding to New York. Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the city’s military administration, said Moscow had fired ballistic and cruise missiles as well as Iranian-designed Shahed drones from different directions to “systematically” target residential buildings. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Olha Stefanishyna, a former top cabinet minister, as Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, ending months of speculation . “More than 100,000 households” in Ukraine had blackouts on Wednesday after Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure, Zelenskyy said.
