Katy Watson
Reporting from Kyiv

These latest attacks on Ukraine come amid a flurry of diplomatic talks over the past few weeks.

Here in Kyiv, I've been speaking to people about their hopes for peace.

"In many ways we are losing - we lost a lot of people already," one man, Oleksandr Zvezdogliad, says.

"I understand it’s not simple," he tells me, adding that he fears being in the same position in a few years if nothing is done.

Of reports that Ukraine might have to give up territory, he's pragmatic. "We need compromise," he says. "It’s not what we want, it’s what we need."

But Oleksandr's less hopeful of US President Donald Trump’s claims of being peacemaker. "Trump is just looking after his own interests,” he says.

We're going to pause our live coverage here - should there be any major developments we'll be right back. In the meantime, you can keep up to date with the latest in our main news story.

Cachella Smith
Live reporter

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Overnight, Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region was hit by Russian strikes which killed one person and injured dozens.

Three children, aged nine, ten and 16 were injured in the attack.

As the Ukraine war continues, Kyiv and Moscow traded blows overnight as Russia's defence ministry reports intercepting 86 Ukrainian drones.

The Russian ministry also said they carried out a "massive attack" Ukrainian missile and aviation infrastructure. adding "the targets of the strikes have been achieved".

Meanwhile, Ukraine said it's military struck two Russian oil refineries including "numerous explosions and a fire" at Russia's Krasnodar plant.

Elsewhere, diplomatic talks on the war are ongoing.

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European ministers are reconvening in Denmark. A little earlier, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told reporters he will present proposals for further sanctions against Russia to stop the war machine.

It followed a meeting between Ukrainian officials and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in New York on Friday. Fox News reported Witkoff as saying the meeting was "constructive" but details on any progress remain unclear.

We'll shortly be pausing our live coverage. Before we go, our next post is from BBC's Katy Watson who has been speaking to a Ukrainian man in Kyiv about his fears for the future.

Since re-entering the White House in January, Donald Trump has pushed to scale back US support for Ukraine - however it looks like fresh equipment is on its way.

According to the Ukrainian defence ministry, the US has approved the sale of $300m (£222m) worth of arms including support Patriot systems and the purchase and maintenance of Elon Musk's Starlink.

"Patriot air defense systems are vital to Ukraine," the ministry said in a statement. "They protect our people, our cities, and our critical infrastructure from continuous Russian air attacks. Grateful to our American partners for their support," it adds.

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The meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Copenhagen follows conversations between Ukraine's Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Serhiy Kislytsya and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in New York on Friday.

Fox News reported Witkoff as saying the meeting had been "very productive and constructive" - but details on any outcomes from the meeting were not immediately clear.

Yermak said he told the US envoy about the recent Russian strikes on Kyiv and Ukraine's support for the ongoing "determination to achieve lasting peace as soon as possible".

He also invited Witkoff to visit Ukraine.

EU foreign affairs ministers are this weekend meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, for talks on international developments - including the war in Ukraine.

The informal meeting is hosted by Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and chaired by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.

Among the issues being discussed is approximately €210bn (£181.7bn) worth of Russian assets, frozen under sanctions imposed on Moscow.

Ahead of the meeting, Kallas said on X: "We see Russia does not want peace, even though there are a lot of diplomatic efforts made to bring Zelensky and Russia to the table".

Russia's state-owned news agency Tass has since reported that France will use the informal gathering to table new proposals for sanctions against Russia.

The aim, according to quotes cited by Tass to France's foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot, is to "deplete the resources that Russia is investing in this war" by "targeting the energy sector, the financial sector, and perhaps also certain civilian segments that continue to indirectly support Russia’s military efforts".

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Back on the battlefront of the Ukraine war, Kyiv says its military has been able to strike Russian oil refineries in Krasnodar and Syzran overnight.

Posting on Facebook, Ukraine's General Staff wrote of "numerous explosions and a fire" at the Krasnodar plant which Kyiv says was hit in the early hours of this morning.

The extent of the damage is not yet known - and both refineries supply a range of fuels, including aviation fuel, to the Russian Armed Forces.

Ukraine has targeted other oil refineries and energy facilities in Russia in recent weeks.

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Away from updates on the war, we're hearing reports that former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy has been killed in a shooting in Lviv, western Ukraine.

Wider details of his death are not yet known, including when he was killed or who by.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says "all necessary forces and means are being deployed to investigate and find the killer".

Lviv regional head Maksym Kozytskyi said Parubiy was shot and that he "died before the arrival of doctors".

The Russian Ministry of Defence this morning has claimed to have captured rural settlement in Donetsk - Komyshevakha.

The BBC has not been able to independently verify this claim, and Ukraine is yet to comment.

Meanwhile, Donetsk's regional governor has issued an update covering various districts in the region, he says that over 630 people have been evacuated from the frontline.

Russia has shelled settlements in Donetsk 28 times in the past day, he says. A number of buildings have been damaged, according to the governor, with one person killed and others injured.

The wider picture

Russia already controls the majority of Donetsk and nearly all of neighbouring Luhansk - also known as the Donbas - and has continued making advances in these areas.

Ukraine's President Zelensky has repeatedly said Ukraine will not hand over the Donbas in exchange for peace.

Last weekend, our reporter wrote about the situation inside Donetsk - with residents fleeing amid daily Russian attacks.

We've just heard from Russia's defence ministry after overnight strikes on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, which killed one person and injured 28 others including three children.

In a statement, the ministry says Russia's armed forces launched a "massive strike" on missile and aviation infrastructure, as well as military airfields in Ukraine.

"The targets of the strike have been achieved, all designated objects have been hit," it concludes.

We can now bring you a new update from Russia, as its defence ministry says it destroyed 20 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from Ukraine between 07:00 and 11:00 local time.

Eighteen of those were over Crimea, the ministry adds.

In an earlier update, the ministry said they had destroyed 86 UAVs overnight.

The latest series of overnight attacks on Zaporizhzhia come two days after Kyiv suffered the second biggest Russian aerial attack of the war so far.

One missile tore through a five-storey block of residential flats in the Ukrainian capital at about 03:00 local time on Thursday morning, causing it to collapse.

Twenty-three people were killed - including four children - and dozens more were injured.

The European Union's diplomatic mission and nearby British Council were hit by the strikes in central Kyiv. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she was "outraged" by the attack.

A day of mourning was held in Ukraine on Friday.

• European leaders outraged after Russian strikes kill 23 and damage EU's HQ

As we have been reporting, the latest bombardments from Russia hit central and south-eastern Ukraine with one killed and 28 injured in a strike on Zaporizhzhia.

Emergency crews continue to battle fires in the aftermath of the attack, as residents have been displaced from their homes.

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New air raid sirens have sounded in the region of Zaporizhzhia, the regional head says, following overnight strikes on the region.

Ivan Fedorov says on Telegram that there is a "threat of ballistic missile strikes" on the region, and other parts of Ukraine.

As a reminder, one person was killed and 28 others have been injured following a strike on a residential building in Zaporizhzhia.

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Katy Watson
Reporting from Kyiv

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Air raid sirens sounded late last night here in Kyiv - and the alarm stayed in place until about 06:30 local time (04:30 BST).

Then shortly afterwards, they came back on. There were two more alerts, warning people of the threat of drones but they’ve now ended.

It’s the second big overnight attack in a week - a total of 582 drones and missiles coming in from Russia - but this time it was central and south-eastern Ukraine that bore the brunt of the strikes.

Russia is making its point clear - while there may be ongoing diplomatic talks to try and bring the war to an end, as far as Moscow is concerned, the fighting will continue.

For people here in Ukraine, it’s hard to see a clear way forward to end the killing.

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Cross-border strikes have continued overnight, as the Ukraine war rages on.

In Russia, its ministry of defence says 86 UAVs were intercepted and destroyed by their air defence systems - including 30 over the Black Sea and 13 in the southern region of Rostov.

Rostov's acting governor, Yuriy Slyusar, wrote on Telegram this morning that air defence systems had destroyed UAVS over five districts - with no injuries or other consequences.

Other regional governors in Russia have similarly reported on no injuries or casualties - including In Bryansk where Russian officials have said five UAVs were shot down.

In Ukraine, the State Emergency Services of Ukraine says one person has died and 28 others are injured after Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia.

Of those injured in the region, eight have been hospitalised, the service said, including three children aged nine, 10 and 16.

Regional head Ivan Fedorov has said thousands in the region remain without electricity.

Parts of Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad, in the central east of Ukraine, have also been hit. Infrastructure facilities have been damaged, although no deaths or injuries have been reported. Dnipro head Serhiy Lysak said 18 missiles were destroyed, in addition to 20 that landed.

Ivan Fedorov, the regional head of Zaporizhzhia, has just shared details of the 24 people known to have been injured in this attack.

In an update on Telegram, he says:

• Nine sustained minor injuries
• 14 have "moderate" injuries
• And one is in a "serious condition"

Fedorov says they're all in hospital - and thanks doctors for working through the night.

We'll keep bringing you the latest as we get it.

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We've been hearing from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, he says "Russia is once again showing that it doesn't give a damn about words".

He adds that Ukraine is now "counting on real action. It is clear that Moscow has used the time allocated for the preparation of the meeting at the leadership level to prepare new massive strikes."

"The only way to reopen the window of opportunity for diplomacy is tough tariffs against all those who pump money into the Russian army," he says, adding that there is a need for " effective sanctions against Moscow itself".

Citing Thursday's deadly strikes on Kyiv, Zelensky says "we saw the world's reaction to the previous shelling", and now "Ukraine is waiting for action from America, Europe and the whole world".

• Lives torn apart in Kyiv after Russia's heaviest bombardment for weeks

The president says 14 regions across Ukraine have been hit by overnight Russian strikes including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia.

Katy Watson
Reporting from Kyiv

Image source, State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Telegram

It was another night of air raid sirens here in Kyiv, threats of incoming drones and missiles. Much of the country was put on alert this time – with Poland scrambling its fighter jets to protect its airspace.

Railway infrastructure was damaged near the capital but it was central and southeastern Ukraine that bore the brunt of the latest strikes - emergency services this morning putting out fires after a deadly attack in the region of Zaporizhzhia.

There were explosions too in cities in neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk - the second successive night that the region’s been targeted.

Earlier this week, Kyiv acknowledged that the situation on the ground is difficult there too, with Russian troops crossing into Dnipropetrovsk.

Until now, the region’s largely avoided intense fighting.

Dnipropetrovsk isn’t one of the five Ukrainian regions Moscow has claimed as Russian territory.

Thomas Mackintosh
Live reporter

One person has died and dozens have been injured in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region.

Three children, two boys aged nine and 10 and a girl aged 16, are among the injured, regional head Ivan Fedorov says.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the strikes hit residential buildings in the region, causing "many fires".

Explosions have also been heard in the central eastern regions of Dnipro and Pavlohrad.

The latest attacks on Ukraine come just days after Russia launched its deadliest onslaught on Kyiv since July. At least 23 people were killed and many more injured in strikes on the Ukrainian capital on Thursday.

We're continuing to monitor the latest developments, stay with us.