Russia unleashed another missile and drone blitz on civilian areas in Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, Ukrainian officials said, according to the Associated Press. AP first reported at least seven dead, citing Ukrainian officials, before its later update raised the toll to at least nine — a figure that changed as the day went on.

The BBC reported at least three people killed in the Kyiv region, and said a Russian drone struck near the Kyiv–Odesa highway. Overnight, Russian forces attacked three energy facilities in the Odesa region, leaving more than 30,000 households without electricity, according to the energy company DTEK, the BBC said.

The strikes came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Oslo, Norway, seeking more American and European help. US envoy Steve Witkoff was also in Oslo, and Jared Kushner was due to join the meeting with Zelenskyy by videoconference; Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb were also due to meet the Ukrainian president. In a post on X after arriving in Oslo, Zelenskyy wrote: "We are maintaining all contacts that can help bring peace," and said the talks would cover strengthening Ukraine's air defences and joint production of weapons.

Zelenskyy also said he had spoken with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is travelling in Asia, and that Rubio denied the United States is withholding intelligence from Ukraine. The BBC reported that Zelenskyy adviser Serhii Beskrestnov has said Ukrainians were dying because the US was restricting intelligence sharing — a claim the White House rejects, saying there have been no changes to intelligence sharing.

In Moscow, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Russia hopes a meeting in Russia with the US envoys can be organised soon, and that President Vladimir Putin's meetings with President Trump's envoys — potentially as early as Wednesday — would be "very important". "We highly appreciate the mediation efforts of the American negotiators," Peskov said.

Sources: Associated Press (AP); BBC; CBC / Reuters.