Amid international peace efforts, Moscow launched 574 strike drones and 40 missiles against Ukraine on Wednesday night.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian cruise missile hit a U.S. electronics plant in the far west of Ukraine. The strike was part of an overnight barrage of more than 600 drones and missiles.

Russia launched 614 air attack munitions into Ukraine overnight into Thursday, the air force in Kyiv said, in a "massive combined air strike" on targets in the country.

Vladimir Putin is dusting off his stalling and delaying tactics playbook as peace talks with Ukraine falter and Russia continues to build up troops on the frontline and pound Ukrainian targets.