The Kremlin announced that US President Donald Trump had asked Vladimir Putin to halt strikes on Kyiv until February 1. However, Ukraine reported that Russia launched one missile and over 100 drones overnight.

The U.N. atomic watchdog's board is holding a special session to discuss risks to nuclear safety in Ukraine as concerns mount that relentless Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure pose an increasing danger of a nuclear accident.

Ukraine and Russia held US-mediated discussions in Abu Dhabi last week with another meeting scheduled for Sunday.

Around 1,700 apartment buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were still without heating following a Russian missile and drone attack earlier this week, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said on Sunday. Moscow has sharply intensified bombardments of Ukraine’s energy system since it invaded its neighbor in 2022.

KYIV, Ukraine -- A Russian drone attack killed three people in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region overnight, authorities said Thursday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Moscow is planning another large-scale barrage despite plans for further U.S.-brokered peace talks at the weekend.

Kyiv has lost part of its own electricity generation capacity because Russia has been systematically striking the capital's energy sector since the autumn.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Nato warns Kyiv faces its ‘harshest winter’ as Putin weaponises freezing conditions - Volodymyr Zelensky said a US security agreement for Ukraine was ‘100 per cent ready’ to