Russia reportedly launched one of its largest recent air assaults on Thursday, targeting a U.S.-founded electronics manufacturer near Ukraine’s border with the European Union. Officials in Moscow accused Kyiv of hindering peace discussions, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reached out to the United States for support in renewing negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia has returned the remains of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers in an official exchange. Ukraine, in turn, handed over 19 Russian troops’ remains. The announcement was made by Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.

In March 2014, Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in a swift, bloodless operation the world overwhelmingly deemed illegal. That single move plunged Moscow’s relations with the West into their steepest decline since the Cold War—a rift that still defines European security.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to sit down with former U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by European Union allies, according to a Bloomberg Daybreak Europe segment aggregated by Biztoc. The London-based program flagged the meeting as the latest headline in the Russia-Ukraine standoff.

Russia targeted four Ukrainian cities overnight, injuring at least 15 people in attacks primarily aimed at energy infrastructure, officials reported.

Overnight, Russia unleashed an unprecedented aerial assault on Ukraine, firing 550 drones and missiles in the largest attack since the war began. Kyiv, the primary target, faced significant damage and casualties.

An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine, scattering Kyiv’s precious reserve troops and threatening to expand the conflict to a sixth region. As both sides seek strategic advantages before fall, the renewed fighting marks a significant escalation in the ongoing war.

A Russian gunpowder plant exploded, causing widespread panic, after air defense systems intercepted a large-scale drone attack in the region, state media reports. The incident, linked to a devastating Ukraine attack, has raised concerns over escalating tensions.

Russian officials say that Moscow is still awaiting confirmation from Kyiv on a planned exchange of 6,000 bodies of soldiers killed in action. They accuse Ukraine of delaying the process.

Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv was struck by a significant Russian drone-and-missile attack on Saturday, resulting in at least three deaths and 21 injuries, according to local officials. The assault is part of Moscow’s near-daily widescale attacks, now employing deadly aerial glide bombs that are intensifying the conflict.