According to Peskov, there has been no “progress” on this issue. The second round of talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations took place on June 2 in Istanbul. Russian media reported that the meeting lasted more than an hour.

Russia has fired over 100 drones at civilian areas of Ukraine overnight, authorities say. This follows the Kremlin dismissing its transport chief after a weekend of travel chaos, as Russian airports grounded hundreds of flights due to Ukrainian drone threats.

Monday's attacks damaged draft offices in the regional capitals of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia and came a day after a Russian drone struck a recruitment centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk.

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry confirmed that Russia’s latest attack killed at least one civilian and injured between 23 and 26 people, including several children.

Russian attacks of unprecedented violence struck several Ukrainian regions during the night from Sunday to Monday, causing the death of at least four people and injuring dozens of civilians. The Russian army deployed 101 drones in this nocturnal offensive,