Russia launched a record number of drones at Ukraine overnight into Friday, striking multiple buildings and residential areas, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” towards a ceasefire deal in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

The fatality was in Odesa, Zelenskyy said. Emergency responders were searching the rubble of apartment buildings that were hit in Kharkiv, he added. Moscow targeted regions across Ukraine with some 101 drones,

But I knew that I should be there.” Vasyl, now 24, is one of around a quarter of Ukraine’s soldiers who are not conscripts, but volunteers. Quickly trained and armed, they have been deployed across the front lines.