Seven killed in Ukraine as Zelensky meets US and European officials in Norway

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Four people were killed and 27 wounded, including children, in attacks on the Kiev region. 

National grid operator Ukrenergo reported power outages in 12 regions.

Mr Zelensky said Ukraine has nearly run out of Patriot interceptors and that the Pentagon is delaying delivery of missiles other countries have purchased for Ukraine. 

He said he had spoken with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

He also criticised Donald Trump’s waiver of sanctions on Russia, saying it would help Vladimir Putin push on with Moscow’s offensive, which will hit the five-year mark in February.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Russia hopes a meeting with the US envoys can be organised soon, saying Mr Putin’s meetings with Mr Trump’s envoys would be “very important.”

Russia reported further advances today, saying it had “liberated” the settlement of Timoshevka in Zaporizhzhia.