# Hours after being bombed, Kyiv residents react to Witkoff’s praise of Putin

https://mins.news/en/item/111358

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-22 15:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/just-hours-after-being-bombed-we-asked-people-in-kyiv-about-witkoffs-praise-of-putin/

> Hours after U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian,” Russian missiles struck Kyiv, killing at least one person and injuring more than 20. Residents described shattered homes and condemned Witkoff’s words as they dealt with the damage.

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