Explosions were heard in Kyiv amid an attack by Russian Shahed kamikaze drones, according to the city’s mayor, Vitalii Klitschko, the Kyiv City Military Administration, and RBC-Ukraine's own correspondent.

Russia launched one of its largest air strikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa, officials said.

A "two week" deadline imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump to see if Russia is serious about peace in Ukraine has been and gone, with Moscow's escalation of attacks on civilians during this period failing to draw the slightest condemnation from the White House.