U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff met President Vladimir Putin for three hours in Moscow on Friday to discuss the U.S. plan to end the Ukraine war, and the Kremlin said the two sides' positions had moved closer.

Before Russia launched its overnight attacks, US President Donald Trump accused Volodymyr Zelensky of harming peace negotiations. After the Ukrainian president said Kyiv would not recognise Russian control of Crimea, Trump said the condition was "very harmful" to peace talks.

A Russian drone struck an apartment building in a city in southeastern Ukraine, one day after President Trump rebuked Russia's leader.