‘We are very much on track,’ Trump says after Zelensky call

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would speak to President Donald Trump later on Wednesday and urged the United States to monitor a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia which he said Russian President Vladimir Putin had already ignored.

Moscow and Kyiv accused each other on Wednesday of launching air attacks that damaged infrastructure just hours after their leaders agreed to a limited ceasefire to halt attacks on energy infrastructure.

Zelensky, in a joint briefing in Helsinki with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, said Putin’s words were not enough and that Ukraine would provide a list of energy facilities it hopes the US and allies would help monitor.

“I really want there to be control. But I believe that the main agent of this control should be the United States of America,” he said, adding that Kyiv would be ready to commit to a ceasefire.

“If the Russians will not strike our facilities, then we will definitely not strike theirs.”

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Ukraine strikes Moscow with its biggest drone attack ahead of ceasefire talks with US

Ukraine strikes Moscow with its biggest drone attack ahead of ceasefire talks with US

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia had suspended its attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure after a Tuesday phone call between Putin and Trump and had shot down its own Ukraine-bound drones while they were in the air.