Ukrainian air defences destroyed 55 of the drones that Russia launched from 11pm yesterday, Kyiv’s air force said on the Telegram messaging app.

The attack also included 30 simulator drones that were lost along the way without hitting anything. Drones were shot down in the east, north, south and central parts of Ukraine, the air force said.

The driver of a civilian freight train was injured in a drone attack on railway infrastructure in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian Railways said.

“Truce proposals are being ignored, hostile attacks on railway infrastructure … continue,” Ukrainian Railway’s Ukrzaliznytsia said in a post on the Telegram messaging app.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called demands for ceasefire “ultimatums” and in turn, proposed direct talks with Ukraine aimed at ending the war on Thursday, an initiative embraced by US President Donald Trump.