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Key updates Multiple Explosions Rock Kyiv as Russia Launches Early Morning Ballistic Assault US Sends New Unit to Estonia Amid Russian-Ordered Sabotage Probe Putin Envoy Talks Post-War Energy Deals as US Weighs Belarus-Style Sanctions Plan for Russia Kyiv came under a fresh early morning ballistic attack after a day of intensified Russian strikes involving more than 100 drones, guided bombs and repeated attacks on civilian areas. Kyiv came under a fresh Russian ballistic missile attack early Wednesday, Sept. 30, with multiple missiles targeting the Ukrainian capital as explosions echoed across the city and air defenses engaged incoming threats. Ukraine’s Air Force warned of an incoming ballistic threat before reporting “ballistic missiles on Kyiv.” Two minutes later came another urgent alert: “More ballistic missiles on Kyiv.” A new US rotational unit will deploy to Estonia as Tallinn links an August arson attack on Ukraine supplier Milrem Robotics to Russian security services. The United States will deploy another rotational military unit to Estonia in November, restoring a presence comparable in size and capability to the US unit that left the country in the spring, Estonian and US officials said. “I am very pleased that another US rotational unit will deploy to Estonia as part of the US commitment to collective defense,” US Ambassador to Estonia Roman Pipko said. Kirill Dmitriev met US officials on future energy ties while Washington weighed a Belarus-style arrangement linking Russian prisoner releases to sanctions relief. Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev met with US officials in Washington on Monday for talks about future US-Russia energy projects planned after Moscow’s war against Ukraine, a US government official told AFP. The Washington discussions came as Russia stepped up daytime attacks on Kyiv using fast jet-powered drones, posing a growing challenge for Ukrainian air defenses.