Trump has shifted U.S. rhetoric from supporting Ukraine toward accepting some of Moscow's narrative about the war. Kyiv and its European allies are working hard to persuade him that it is now Moscow that is holding up a truce.

Russia has battered Ukraine overnight with its largest drone attack since the war began, Ukraine’s military said Sunday, as Moscow intensified its military assault despite holding direct peace talks with Kyiv Friday.

Ukraine says Russia has launched its biggest drone attack since the full-scale invasion began, targeting several regions including Kyiv, where one woman died.Russia had launched 273 drones by 08:00 Sunday (05:00 GMT) targeting the central Kyiv region and Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions in the east,