It came as Russia and Ukraine swapped 150 prisoners of war each and UK foreign secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

Seven people were killed and more than 50 were injured in Ukraine overnight after Russian missiles and drones targeted communities across the eastern half of the country.

Russian troops lost 1,140 soldiers, 99 drones, and 157 vehicles on the frontline of the war with Ukraine, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The total combat Russian losses from February 24,

Officials say a Russian drone has blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack that killed at least six people and wounded nine others.

A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 13, including a child, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

Ukrainian forces have launched new drone strikes on Russia, targeting an oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region.

Russia launched 65 attack drones and other types of drones at Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 37 drones. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian army launched drones from 3 directions: Orel,