Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a US plan to end the war in Ukraine could “form the basis for future agreements” but renewed threats to seize more territory by force unless Kyiv withdraws.

Russian forces strafed Ukraine’s capital with a major missile barrage overnight, killing at least three people and causing widespread power outages, as the US ramps up pressure on President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to agree to concessions in the almost four-year-old war.

Russia’s latest overnight missile-and-drone barrage slammed into Kyiv, killing one and injuring 11 in the Vyshhorod district as fires tore through residential buildings. The strike—Kyiv’s second major attack in as many days—followed an earlier assault that left half the city without power.

A Russian drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has killed at least one person and injured seven others, city officials say. Early on Saturday morning residential buildings in several districts were hit and loud explosions could be heard across the city.

Negotiations to end the war resume as Ukraine confronts internal turmoil and continued Russian strikes.

Zelenskyy, by accepting the resignation of Yermak, in effect finalised the departure of his right-hand man and “closest soratnik ” — a comrade or brother-in-arms, in the words of foreign minister Andriy Sybiha.

Local authorities reported one person killed and 11 injured following a Russian strike on Kyiv's northern satellite of Vyshgorod. 146 people have been evacuated from a high-rise building with rescue efforts continuing through the night.

After working together during the successful presidential campaign of 2019, Yermak became Zelensky's chief of staff. He stood next to the president as he gave his now famous "we are still here" speech as the Russians descended on Kyiv at the start of their full-scale invasion in February 2022.