A Russian airstrike on a Kyiv apartment complex that killed at least 24 people and a Ukrainian strike on residential buildings and an oil refinery in Ryazan, Russia, suggested no end is in sight to the war.

The Ukrainian president called one attack in Poltava "especially vile", accusing Russia of launching a second missile while emergency rescuers were at the scene.

Russian authorities did not immediately report any Ukrainian strikes several hours into the proposed truce, while officials in Ukraine's southern

Emergency crews are tackling a fire in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region after a deadly Russian strike. Elsewhere, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to respond after strikes on Kyiv this week killed 24 people and injured dozens more.

Russia and Ukraine confirmed on Friday that they had agreed to a three-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump that will run from May 9 to May 11.

The unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv was due to take effect on Wednesday, but Ukraine accused Russia of new strikes just hours after attacks killed at least 28 people in