Russian strikes kill 6, wound 13 in overnight attack, says Zelensky. Details inside

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed on Tuesday (Nov 25) that Russia launched 22 missiles and more than 460 drones into Ukraine overnight, in which six people were killed, and 12 were injured. Zelensky said the strikes caused “extensive damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure” in Kyiv.

“There is also destruction in the Odesa region – the ports, food supplies, and infrastructure were hit, with no military purpose whatsoever," the Ukrainian president wrote on social media.

“The primary targets were the energy sector and everything that keeps normal life going," Zelensky added, saying that Russia also struck Dnipro, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Cherkasy regions.

“What matters most now is that all partners move toward diplomacy together,” he said.

Meanwhile, a senior Ukrainian official said that Zelensky could visit the US in the next few days to finalise a peace deal. “We look forward to organizing a visit of Ukraine’s President to the US at the earliest suitable date in November to complete final steps and make a deal with President Trump,” Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s national security chief, wrote on social media.

Where does peace plan stand?

Russia's former director at the National Security Council said on Monday (Nov 24) that the peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump in the Russia-Ukraine war has certain parts that Moscow "certainly would not agree to". He said that Russia has “every incentive” to drag out the negotiation process.

“There are elements of this the Russians certainly won’t agree to. There are elements the Ukrainians won’t agree to. But the Russians have every incentive to play this along,” Jeffrey Edmonds, former director for Russia at the National Security Council, told CNN. “There’s no incentive for them to actually agree to this, but there’s every incentive for them to drag it along,” he said.

"You have to change the Kremlin’s calculus on whether or not they can achieve their goals in Ukraine … That is the only thing that’s ultimately going to bring them to the table," he said when he was asked what could push Russia toward some form of peace agreement.