Ukraine's air defence units were engaged in trying to repel an overnight Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's military and officials said early on Sunday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky called the proposal a “theatrical show” and said such a short truce would not bolster negotiations for a lasting peace.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, wounded 47 people, local officials said. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said drones hit 12 locations in the city late Friday. Residential buildings, civilian infrastructure and vehicles were damaged in the assault, according to Kharkiv regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov.

What’s emerged from the Washington-led effort to end the war in Ukraine suggests a deal that seems likely to be favorable to Russia.

An approval by Trump of new sanctions, which would follow the Wednesday signing of a U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal that he heavily promoted as part of his peace effort, could signify a hardening of his stance towards the Kremlin.

The war in Ukraine is not going to end "any time soon," U.S. Vice President JD Vance told Fox News on Thursday. It is "going to be up to the Russians and Ukrainians now that each side knows what the other's terms for peace are.

Russia has accused Volodymyr Zelensky of issuing a "direct threat" to its World War II commemorations on May 9.