Trump declares that Zelenskyy wants a peace deal, which Putin must accept; Moscow says Washington has ‘no specific proposals’.
Russia and Ukraine have continued to exchange barrages of air attacks despite Donald Trump having said he would end the war within 24 hours of becoming US president.
While Trump was inaugurated on Monday afternoon, neither Kyiv nor Moscow has given any indications of de-escalating the drone and missile strikes they have been launching against one another in recent months. Both launched barrages overnight on Tuesday.
Russia said it downed 55 Ukrainian drones, more than half of which were intercepted over regions on the border. The oil depot was reportedly attacked near the town of Liski in the Voronezh region. For the second time in less than a week, it has caused a fire at the facility.
Voronezh Region Governor Alexander Gusev said debris from a downed drone had started the fire, but no one was injured.
Kyiv also said its forces struck an aviation plant producing “combat aircraft” in the western Russian city of Smolensk, creating “explosions.”
Ukraine’s air force claimed it shot down 93 of 141 drones Russia launched overnight, noting others were “lost” while two returned to Russia.
