A peace deal is in the "best interest" of Ukraine, Russia and the U.S, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday.

Russia launched 315 drones at Ukraine overnight into Tuesday, in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said was “one of the largest” attacks on the capital Kyiv, with local officials in the southern port city of Odesa also reporting a maternity ward there had been hit.

The escalation in aerial attacks comes as Russia begins a summer push on the 620-mile front line in the country’s east.

Photos shared with the Kyiv Independent show the newly installed blue-and-yellow street sign, reflecting both the correct Ukrainian transliteration and the national colors of Ukraine.

Russia has launched one of its largest strikes on Kyiv, injuring four people and causing widespread damage across seven of the capital's ten districts, officials said. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched 315 drones overnight across the country.

A Russian attack overnight damaged St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv's historic centre, one of Ukraine's most cherished monuments, an action denounced by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as "unacceptable and catastrophic.

Moscow has stepped up drone and missile attacks despite U.S. pressure to work toward a cease-fire. The strikes have intensified after Ukrainian drones hit Russian air bases.

Ukraine sent dozens of its own citizens to Russia last month, releasing them from prisons in an attempt to secure the release of dozens of Ukrainian civilians held illegally in Russian jails – a move

Ukraine’s haunting ‘Black Cloud’ art installation heads to Burning Man, turning the shadow of its war with Ukraine into a global warning.