Russia and Ukraine carried out drone strikes on each other on Saturday. Moscow complained that Kiev had targeted its energy facilities, in violation of a fragile ceasefire agreement that has not yet come into force.
Ukraine's military said Russia attacked it with over 90 drones in the early hours of Saturday, and that most of the drones were shot down or jammed.
At least one district in the capital Kiev was damaged by drones, according to Mayor Vitaly Klitschko. Three people are believed to have been injured as a result.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said it was attacked by more than 150 Ukrainian drones. The drones also targeted five energy facilities, it said.
Pushed by the United States, Moscow and Kiev last month agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire agreement that would halt attacks on energy facilities in both countries.
Ukraine, in particular, has had difficulty keeping its electricity grid and municipal heating plants running, as Russia has repeatedly struck these facilities for more than two years.
Despite the declaration of a ceasefire, both sides continue to exchange drone attacks.
Meanwhile, the United States continues direct talks with Russian officials as part of a broader agreement to repair bilateral relations.
White House envoy Steve Witkoff was in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, where he spoke for more than four hours with President Vladimir Putin.
Neither Witkoff nor the White House issued any public statements after the meeting, but the Kremlin said the meeting also discussed "ways of resolving [the conflict] in Ukraine."
US President Donald Trump has expressed impatience with the pace of talks to implement a ceasefire in Ukraine. Hours after Witkoff landed in St. Petersburg, Trump posted a message on his social media account, calling the war "senseless" and saying it "should never have happened."
"Russia must act. Too many people are dying," he wrote.
The White House envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, suggested that British and French troops could take control of areas in Ukraine.
Speaking in an interview published on April 12 in The Times of London, Kellogg suggested that these troops could have areas of responsibility west of the Dnieper River, as part of a "security force," with a demilitarized zone separating them from Russian-occupied territories to the east.
"It could almost look like Berlin after World War II, when there was a Russian zone, a French zone, a British zone and an American zone," he said.
Kellogg later said in X that his comments had been misinterpreted./ REL (A2 Televizion)
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