Zelensky said Russian strikes also targeted Kharkiv and Sumy, and added on X that the strikes "cannot be left without response, and Ukrainian long-range drones ensure one". He added that Russian military sites and airports "must see that Russia's own war is now hitting them back with real consequences" and said Ukraine's drone attacks were "some of the arguments that will surely bring peace closer". Six people were injured in the strikes on Dnipropetrovsk, the region's head said. A residential block and industrial areas were hit in the city of Dnipro while a shopping centre was hit in the wider district. Also on Saturday, Russia's ministry of defence claimed its army had captured two villages, Zelenyi Hai in the Donetsk region and Maliivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Retired Air Force Gen. Charles Wald joins'Fox News Live' to weigh in on Russia's increased attacks on Ukraine despite President Donald Trump's ultimatum to Vladimir Putin. Russia and Ukraine took aim at corresponding Black Sea resort cities early Thursday morning, just hours after ceasefire talks in Turkey once again failed to deliver results. The major Russian resort city of Sochi was rocked by a Ukrainian drone strike that began around 1 a.m. and lasted until 3 a.m., where one person was reportedly killed and another injured, according to Ukrainian media outlet the Kyiv Independent, though the Ukrainian military has not commented on the incident. An oil depot in the Krasnodar Krai region where Sochi is located was also struck, though the extent of the damage remains unclear. Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 23, 2025.

But Peskov poured cold water on the idea, saying it was "premature" for the two presidents to meet. "They [Ukraine] are trying to put the cart slightly ahead of the horse," he said, adding much more work had to be done before any such meeting could take place. Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Hocharenko said on Facebook that a separate meeting between Umerov and Medinsky had taken place behind closed doors on the sidelines of the main talks. Hocharenko said Umerov and Medinsky have a "good relationship". The first two rounds of ceasefire talks were held in May and June at the request of US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly said he wants to see the end of the "horrible, bloody war" that was sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

President Donald Trump's envoy to Russia and Ukraine says he doesn't believe Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to invade Europe. Envoy Steve Witkoff made the statement during a Sunday morning appearance on "Fox News Sunday," commenting on Putin's motives on a "larger scale." "Now I've been asked my opinion about what President Putin's motives are on a larger scale. And I simply have said that I just don't see that he wants to take all of Europe," Witkoff said. "This is a much different situation than it was in World War II. There was no NATO," he added.