The defeats show how isolated the U.S. in its push to be more conciliatory toward Russia in brokering a deal deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Ukraine launched an overnight drone attack on Russia's southern Krasnodar region, damaging several houses including in the Black Sea port of Tuapse, Russian officials said on Wednesday. In total, three residential houses were damaged throughout the region,

Russia attacked Ukraine with nearly two hundred drones overnight, targeting mostly the Kyiv region and energy facilities in the east in strikes that killed two people, authorities said on Wednesday. Russia has stepped up drone strikes with attacks on Ukraine every night in recent weeks,