Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

Russian forces carried out drone attacks on two hospitals in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, Ukrainian officials say.

Within hours of the Putin-Trump conversation concluding yesterday, a drone hit a hospital in the city of Sumy with 147 patients and 22 staff inside, a statement from Ukrainian prosecutors says.

Then, in the early hours of Wednesday, six drones attacked a hospital in the regional town of Krasnopillya with 49 patients and 11 staff inside, the statement says.

It adds that the building sustained significant damage but no one was hurt because they were in a shelter at the time of the attack.

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Vladimir Putin will "never agree" to a ceasefire because it's "against his interests", Oleksandr Merezkho, Ukrainian MP and foreign affairs committee chair, says.

His comments come after the Russian president rejected a full and immediate ceasefire in a call with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

Merezkho tells BBC Radio 5 Live that Russia's attacks on Ukraine overnight show Putin's "true response to the peace proposal".

"It’s kind of humiliation for Trump because his ceasefire proposal was rejected by Putin and the key question right now is what he is going to do next," he adds.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for almost two hours yesterday - here's a brief overview of what they say they discussed:

What was agreed

• Energy attack pause: Russia said it accepted a proposal for both sides to stop targeting energy infrastructure for 30 days, and that the order was passed onto the military "immediately"
• More talks: Mediators will keep talking as part of efforts to resolve the conflict, with the US saying negotiations will begin "immediately" in the Middle East
• Black Sea negotiations: Both the US and Russia will carry out specific negotiations on a potential form of maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea

What wasn't agreed

• Full ceasefire: Russia did not agree to a proposal, backed by the US and Ukraine, for an immediate 30-day ceasefire on land, air and sea
• Conditions for peace: Putin said "the key condition" for achieving a lasting resolution would be for Ukraine to stop rearming and receiving military aid and intelligence support - the US readout makes no mention of this

Based on the information provided by both the US and Russia, it is unclear what the Ukrainian involvement will be in future negotiations or if there was any agreement on that issue.

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Germany's defence minister says that an agreement by Russia's President Vladimir Putin to halt attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure counts for "nothing".

In a phone call with Trump on Tuesday, Putin said Russia would halt attacks on energy infrastructure for 30 days, but refused a full and immediate ceasefire with Ukraine.

"Attacks on civilian infrastructure in the first night after this supposedly pivotal and great phone call have not abated," Boris Pistorius tells German broadcaster ZDF.

"Putin is playing a game here and I'm sure that the American president won't be able to sit and watch for much longer," he adds.

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

Russia carried out a drone attack on the electricity system powering the railways in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrainian state railway company Ukrzaliznytsya says in a statement.

Parts of the railway have been left without electricity, but railway traffic has not been affected, it says.

After emergency workers had arrived on site, Russia carried out a repeat attack known as a “double-tap”, Ukrzaliznytsya says, adding that there are no casualties.

“So that’s the pause in strikes on energy infrastructure or energy truce as performed by our enemy!” it adds.

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Putin didn't sign up to the US-led proposal for a full 30-day ceasefire in his call with Trump - but both sides agreed to continue talking.

These fresh talks will begin in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Trump's special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Fox News after their call.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security adviser Mike Waltz would again lead the American delegation, he said, adding "the devil is in the details".

He didn't specify whether Ukrainian or Russian delegations would be at the talks.

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Russia and Ukraine will exchange 175 prisoners each today, the Kremlin said after a call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump.

It added that as a "gesture of goodwill", Russia will also release 23 wounded Ukrainian servicemen from Russian medical facilities.

The Kremlin did not share any further details, but we will bring you more as we get it.

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

An oil depot in southern Russia has caught fire following a Ukrainian drone attack overnight, local authorities have said.

"The area on fire is 20 sq.m. A pipeline between tanks has been damaged," the Krasnodar territory operational HQ said in a statement.

The statement said more than a hundred people have been deployed to put out the fire, and the facility's operations have been suspended.

It comes after the Kremlin said President Putin had ordered a pause in attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure following talks with President Trump.

Ukraine's President Zelensky said he "supported the idea" of not attacking energy infrastructure. The Russian defence ministry said this morning it had intercepted 57 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring

Hours after the telephone conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a statement saying that Ukraine was under a Russian attack.

“Unfortunately, specifically civilian infrastructure has been hit,” he said, listing eleven Ukrainian regions being attacked. According to the Ukrainian president, a hospital in Sumy was hit.

“It’s nightly Russian attacks like this [that] ruin our energy system, our infrastructure, Ukraine’s normal life. The fact that this night is no exception shows that pressure on Russia needs to continue for the sake of peace.”

Referring to the Trump-Putin telephone conversation, Zelensky said: “Today, Putin essentially rejected the proposal of a comprehensive ceasefire. It would be right for the world to reject any attempts by Putin to draw out the war.”

He called on Ukraine’s allies to continue providing assistance, and also to impose sanctions on Russia.

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Russia and Ukraine launched air attacks that damaged each other's infrastructure overnight, hours after Vladimir Putin rejected US President Donald Trump's proposal for a full 30-day ceasefire.

In a phone call on Tuesday, Putin told Trump a full ceasefire would only work if Ukraine's allies stopped giving military assistance, and agreed only to halt attacks on energy infrastructure.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last night's attacks damaged "civilian infrastructure", including a hospital in Sumy.

Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 57 Ukrainian drones. Officials in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar said a Ukrainian drone attack sparked a small fire at an oil depot.

Meanwhile, two countries have agreed to swap 175 prisoners each today. We'll bring you more on that and other developments throughout today, so stay with us.