Key points
- Mass Russian drone attack leaves much of Odesa without power
- Trump blames Ukraine over war with Russia
- Teams to be appointed to negotiate war's end, US State Department says
- Analysis: Russia trying to appeal to Trump's business background - it sounds like it's succeeding
- Podcast: What next after US-Russia talks (And why was it in Saudi?)
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- Live updates by Adam McGroarty
Ukraine attacks oil refinery in Russia
Ukraine attacked an oil refinery in the city of Syzran in Russia's Samara region overnight, the regional governor reports.
"Emergency services are working on the territory of the enterprise. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties," Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said on Telegram.
He did not specify whether the refinery had been damaged.
Russia's defence ministry said air defence systems had destroyed nine Ukrainian drones overnight - over Bryansk, Tatarstan and Tula regions and the Black Sea.
Trump appears to blame Ukraine over war with Russia
Last night, Donald Trump suggested Russia's war in Ukraine could have been "settled very easily" as he criticised Kyiv's negotiation skills.
In comments after an extraordinary meeting between senior American and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, the US president said of Ukraine: "They've had a seat [at the table] for three years and a long time before that.
"You should have never started it. You could have made a deal."
While touting his own negotiation skills, Trump also said he was "more confident" about a peace deal after Tuesday's talks, attended by US secretary of state Marco Rubio.
Here are the key moments from Donald Trump's address in Mar-a-Lago...
On talks in Saudi Arabia
Asked whether he's more or less confident of a peace deal after yesterday's talks in Saudi Arabia, Trump said he's "much more confident".
"They were very good," he added.
On European troops in Ukraine
The UK and France have suggested they could send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as part of a peace deal.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said such proposals, under NATO or any country, would be "unacceptable", though Trump disagreed.
"If they want to do that, that'd be fine," he said, adding the US would "not object to that at all".
"I know France has mentioned it. Others have mentioned it, the UK has mentioned it," he said, calling it a "beautiful gesture".
On Ukraine's absence from talks
He said: "I'm very disappointed. I hear that, you know, they're upset about not having a seat.
"Well, they've had a seat for three years and a long time before that. This could have been settled very easily."
On presidential elections in Ukraine
"We have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law, essentially martial law in Ukraine, where the leader in Ukraine, I mean, I hate to say it, but he's down to 4% approval rating."
He added: "If Ukraine wants a seat at the table, wouldn't the people have to say it has been a long time since they had an election?
"That's not a Russian thing, that's something coming from me and coming from many other countries also."
On previous talks with Putin
"I think everyone knew that this is something that should have never happened, would have never happened," he said.
"And I used to discuss it with Putin. President Putin and I would talk about Ukraine, and it was the apple of his eye, I will tell you that.
"But he never, there was never a chance of him going in. And I told him: 'You better not go in, don't go in, don't go in.' And he understood that and he understood it fully."
Trump added he will probably meet with Putin before the end of the month.
Mass Russian drone attack leaves much of Odesa without power
Russian forces have attacked Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa, leaving most of its residents without power, water or heating, the region's mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov reports this morning.
"Hospitals, clinics and social infrastructure sites were left without heating," Trukhanov wrote on Telegram, describing the strike on Odesa as "massive".
The mayor made no mention of casualties and said experts were assessing the damage
Odesa, a port city on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, has been a frequent target of Russian attacks throughout the war.
Good morning - here's the latest
Hello and welcome back to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine.
Yesterday, delegations from the US and Russia met in Saudi Arabia for opening discussions about peace in Ukraine.
Afterwards, Donald Trump, who was not in attendance, said he was "more confident" about the prospect of peace.
He also defended the decision not to invite Ukraine to the talks, saying Kyiv "had a seat for three years" but failed to settle the conflict.
Trump also suggested presidential elections should be held in Ukraine as a potential condition for peace - a proposal which the US president said came from him and "many other countries".
In other news:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeated calls for Ukraine and Europe to be included in any peace negotiations;
Emmanuel Macron has confirmed he will host a new meeting on Ukraine tomorrow "with several European and non-European states";
The former chief of the British army says the UK's armed forces are not big enough to contribute to a peacekeeping force in Ukraine after the war;
EU countries are reportedly preparing a military aid package worth at least €6bn (£4.9bn) for Ukraine.
We're pausing our live coverage
That's all for our live coverage of the war in Ukraine, but we'll be back tomorrow with all the latest.
Before we go, here's a rundown of all the biggest developments from the past 24 hours:
Talks begin in Riyadh
Officials from the US and Russia have agreed to restore embassy staffing and establish a high-level team to negotiate peace in Ukraine.
Delegations from the two countries met in Saudi Arabia today, with no invitation extended to either Ukraine or Europe.
Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said the two countries "need to have vibrant diplomatic missions that are able to function normally".
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said "the conversation was very useful".
No date has yet to be set for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, but it is "unlikely" to take place next week, Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said.
Trump cuts Zelenskyy loose
The US president said he was "more confident" following the talks but suggested Volodymyr Zelenskyy should hold presidential elections in Ukraine as the price of peace.
"That's not a Russian thing, that's something coming from me and coming from many other countries also," he added.
Trump also hit back at Ukrainian complaints it wasn't invited to peace talks, saying Kyiv "had a seat for three years" but had failed to end the war.
In other news:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeated calls for Ukraine and Europe to be included in any peace negotiations;
Emmanuel Macron has confirmed he will host a new meeting on Ukraine tomorrow "with several European and non-European states";
The former chief of the British army says the UK's armed forces are not big enough to contribute to a peacekeeping force in Ukraine after the war;
EU countries are reportedly preparing a military aid package worth at least €6bn (£4.9bn) for Ukraine.
EU: Let’s not walk into Russia's traps
The EU's foreign policy chief says Ukraine's allies must not walk into Russian "traps" following talks between representatives from Moscow and Washington in Saudi Arabia.
Kaja Kallas said she was briefed on the talks in Riyadh by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
"Russia will try to divide us. Let's not walk into their traps," she posted on X.
Analysis: From Trump to Zelenskyy - it was goodbye
By James Matthews, US correspondent
In another place, at another time, it would have been: "You're fired."
Donald Trump coined it differently when he was asked about Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but the sentiment was the same.
Asked about suggestions that Russia wanted elections in Ukraine as part of a peace deal, the US president replied: "I hate to say it, but he's down to a 4% approval… when they want a seat at the table, wouldn't the people of Ukraine say it's been a long time since we had an election? That's not a Russia thing, that's coming from me and other countries."
From one president to another, it was goodbye. A farewell to the notion that Trump respects Zelenskyy as an equal player in peace negotiations.
And if that was a statement to offend a Ukrainian president cut loose, there was more.
Trump put the boot in thus: "Today I heard 'oh well, we weren't invited'. Well, you've been there for three years. You should have ended it. You should never have started it."
Never have started it? Ukraine?
In Kyiv and European capitals, they're already concerned that Vladimir Putin is the lead author of the peace deal being pursued.
They will worry he's now writing the US president's scripts.
Donald Trump has pulled a handbrake turn on relations with Russia, and the US is building a wider framework around a resolution of the Ukraine conflict.
He is leaning towards progress on political and economic cooperation with Moscow and, in doing so, appears to align himself incrementally with the wishes of the old adversary.
It's how it looks to allies who wonder where Donald Trump is going and where he's taking them.
Watch: Ukrainians react to US-Russia talks
We've heard plenty of reaction from around the world about today's US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia, but how have the discussions gone down with Ukrainians?
Our security and defence editor Deborah Haynes has been finding out, asking how Ukrainians felt after Kyiv was not invited to attend today's discussions.
"I have a feeling they forget about us, the US sell us," said one woman.
"They keep us in the conflict and they don't even invite us to negotiations."
Macron: I'll speak with Putin when it's appropriate
Earlier, we brought you comments made by Emmanuel Macron, who told French regional newspapers Donald Trump "can restart a useful dialogue" with Vladimir Putin (see 20.27 post).
We now have further comments made by the French president from the same interview.
Macron said Trump is "recreating strategic ambiguity" for Vladimir Putin by using "very firm words" and creating "uncertainty" that "can help to exert pressure".
The French president, who has held no talks with Putin since 2022, added that he himself is ready to speak to his Russian counterpart "when it is appropriate in the cycle of upcoming negotiations".
Trump says Putin coveted Ukraine before invasion
Donald Trump told reporters he and Vladimir Putin spoke about Ukraine before Russia's full-scale invasion of the country in 2022.
"I think everyone knew that this is something that should have never happened, would have never happened," he said.
"And I used to discuss it with Putin. President Putin and I would talk about Ukraine, and it was the apple of his eye, I will tell you that.
"But he never, there was never a chance of him going in. And I told him: 'You better not go in, don't go in, don't go in.' And he understood that and he understood it fully."
Trump added he will probably meet with Putin before the end of the month.
