Russia fired 138 drones at targets across Ukraine in its latest overnight aerial assault, Kyiv’s air force has reported. Ukraine said they shot down 84 of the drones, and 41 more were either lost or downed using electronic warfare.

Russia launched one of its largest air strikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa, officials said.

Some of the remains that Moscow handed over to Kyiv in the latest round of repatriation efforts were those of Russian soldiers, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Monday.

A peace deal is in the "best interest" of Ukraine, Russia and the U.S, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday.

Ukraine has received 1,200 bodies of its soldiers killed in the war with Russia, Ukrainian officials responsible for exchanging prisoners of war said on Saturday.

Moscow has stepped up drone and missile attacks despite U.S. pressure to work toward a cease-fire. The strikes have intensified after Ukrainian drones hit Russian air bases.

Ukraine sent dozens of its own citizens to Russia last month, releasing them from prisons in an attempt to secure the release of dozens of Ukrainian civilians held illegally in Russian jails – a move

A Russian attack overnight damaged Saint Sophia Cathedral in the historic centre of Kyiv, one of Ukraine's most significant monuments and a designated world heritage site, the Ukrainian culture minister said on Tuesday.

Russia has made "tactical" gains from the war between Iran and Israel, local media suggests, including a redirection of international attention from Ukraine.