Eleanor Beardsley

Air raid sirens began to wail in Kiev, which was Russia's largest target last night, with 22 missiles, 400 drones.

Six people were killed, according to the mayor of Kiev.

And a few of us slept in our safe room here in Kiev last night.

Well, no, we got out, and believe it or not, Ukrainians are kind of used to this whiplash of back-and-forth negotiations.

I talked to people going to work.

I spoke with architect Anton Melnyk, who's from the big eastern central city of Dnipro.

He came to the capital for some training.

Here he is.

You know, he says, thank God I slept through the attacks on the train.

But he said this new plan could only be better than the old plan, which was written by Russia.

But he said Ukrainians are still under so much pressure.

And he called on the international community to, quote, smother Russia with sanctions to squeeze and destroy its war machine.

Well, last night, an advisor to the Kremlin rejected the European plan, saying it would not work for Russia, but Russians are meeting U.S.

counterparts today in Abu Dhabi.

Ukrainian President Zelensky is probably coming to Washington to meet with President Trump.

But Russia has dropped none of its maximalist goals, so it's hard to see any common points between the two sides.

And analysts say as long as President Vladimir Putin thinks he can make gains on the battlefield, he'll continue.

Doesn't matter how many soldiers he's losing, which by estimates is 35,000 soldiers a month.

You're welcome, Steve.

Posting on social media, President Zelensky said the necessary steps to end the war are now workable and a lot of the right things are being taken into account.