We hope that the leaders will come to an agreement and we will have peace,” said Sergei Kurnosov, the mayor of the town of Rylsk near Russia's front line with Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Monday, a day ahead of crucial talks between Ukrainian and US officials on ending the war with Russia.

Anybody” would step up the attack, Trump said of Russia’s first major missile assault on Ukraine since the U.S. paused intelligence sharing with the embattled country.

The war between Russia and Ukraine continues with intense battles and major developments on day 1,109. Russia claims to have taken more territory, while Ukraine launches a daring drone strike deep inside Russian territory.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russia carried out more than 2,100 aerial bomb attacks on Ukraine in the past week. In a post on his X account on Sunday, Zelenskyy also reported that Russian forces deployed nearly 870 attack drones and over 80 missiles of various types against Ukraine.