Ukraine unleashed more than a hundred drones smuggled deep into Russia in what it called its most damaging attack yet.

At least seven people were killed and 27 injured across Ukraine overnight into Tuesday as Russia continued long-range attacks on cities, local officials said.

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that the point of holding peace talks with Ukraine was to ensure a swift and complete Russian victory. "The Istanbul talks are not for striking a compromise peace on someone else's delusional terms but for ensuring our swift victory and the complete destruction of the neo-Nazi regime,