
At least eight people have died overnight as Russian drone and missile strikes continued to pound Ukraine’s towns and cities, local officials said. Meanwhile, the United States wants Ukraine to hold elections, potentially by the end of the year, especially if Kyiv can agree a truce with Russia in the coming months, President Donald Trump’s top Ukraine official has said. Amid Moscow’s troops continuing grinding advance through the country’s east, a Russian missile strike on an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Poltava killed at least seven people and...