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We'll be back soon with more updates on the war in Ukraine.

Today we reported that Russia had attacked towns and cities across Ukraine overnight.

Volodymyr ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y said that assault was formed of more than 400 drones and 40 missiles.

So far, 49 people have been reported injured, he said, while the number of people killed could still rise from the current figure of three.

Russia acknowledged its attacks and said its forces struck Ukraine in response to "terrorist acts".

Here are the other key lines from today: 

• Russia said it wanted to restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which lies near one of the frontlines in the war;
• Ukraine's general staff said its military struck airfields in Saratov and Ryazan, in western Russia;
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was obliged to hit back after Ukraine used drones to strike heavy bomber planes at airbases in Siberia and the far north of Russia over the weekend;
• Germany's leader Friedrich Merz, who met Donald Trump at the White House yesterday, said some US senators on Capitol Hill "clearly have no idea what is happening there right now".

The video below shows strikes hitting western Ukraine...

Russia shot down three drones attempting to attack Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, the Russian capital's mayor, has said. 

He did not provide further details about the incident but said emergency services were working at the sites where debris from the downed drones had fallen.

Separately, Russia's aviation watchdog said that the Domodedovo and ZhukovAG百家乐在线官网 airports in the Moscow region had temporarily suspended operations to ensure flight safety. 

It announced soon afterwards that flights had resumed.

The daughter of US special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, issued a message to her dad during Russia's combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight.

During the attack, Ukraine's air force said Moscow fired 452 drones and 45 missiles across Ukraine.

In response, Ukraine intercepted 199 drones and 36 missiles, while another 169 drones disappeared from radar.

As the missiles hit Ukraine, Meaghan Mobbs, said this to her dad...

Kellogg has emerged as one of the key figures tasked by Donald Trump with finding a path to ending the war in Ukraine.

The retired general was given 100 days to find a way to end the war by Trump in January.

He is known for advocating tough negotiations with both Russia and Ukraine to end the conflict. 

Mobbs, meanwhile, is a former paratrooper and heads the R.T. Weatherman Foundation, which has delivered aid in hard-to-reach areas of Ukraine.

Russia wants to restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which lies near one of the frontlines in the war.

Today, it has asked the UN nuclear watchdog to mediate between Moscow and Washington to resolve the question of what to do with US nuclear fuel stored at the Ukrainian power plant. 

The plant, which once generated a fifth of Ukraine's electricity, has been idle since fighting came close in 2022. It has six reactors, the last of which stopped generating electricity in September that year. 

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Reuters this week that restarting the plant was currently impossible because of the lack of a stable power supply and water for cooling. 

Russian nuclear energy chief Alexei Likhachev said after meeting Grossi today that Russia was willing either to use the fuel, supplied by US company Westinghouse, or to remove it entirely and return it to the United States. 

Likhachev said Russia had prepared a "comprehensive plan" for the phased commissioning of the plant but it could only be implemented if all military threats were removed.

Westinghouse and US energy officials had previously raised intellectual property concerns with Russia in connection with the fuel issue, he said in televised comments. 

Russian state news agency RIA quoted Grossi as saying the IAEA was willing to mediate. 

For context: Russia and Ukraine have each accused the other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe's largest, raising the risk of a grave accident.  

The facility was occupied by Russia in March 2022, shortly after the Kremlin's troops invaded Ukraine at the start of the war. 

Some in Moscow are having fun at the expense of Donald Trump and his now-former (it seems) ally Elon Musk.

Their relationship deteriorated dramatically after the president suggested Musk suffered from "Trump derangement syndrome".

And Musk hit back on social media, claiming Trump is in the Epstein files - though he offered no evidence and the White House has dismissed the accusation.

Nationalist Russian senator Dmitry Rogozin pounced on the fallout, posting on X urging Musk not to be "upset".

"If you encounter insurmountable problems in the US, come to us," he added.

"Here you will find reliable comrades and complete freedom of technical creativity."

Dmitry Medvedev, senior security official and former president, said: "We are ready to facilitate the conclusion of a peace deal between D and E for a reasonable fee and to accept Starlink shares as payment.

"Don't fight, guys!"

The head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund Kirill Dmitriev, meanwhile, asked: "Why can't we all just get along?"

Our lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim, international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn and military analyst Michael Clarke answered your Ukraine war questions a little earlier - thanks to everyone who followed along and took part.

Here is an overview of what the experts said: 

• Dominic Waghorn said what we saw overnight was "the beginning of retaliatory action by the Russians";
• He said this could be just the beginning of a period of aerial assaults in Ukraine in response to the attacks on the air bases;
• Asked if the British were really involved in Ukrainian attacks on Russia, Michael Clarke said "probably not". He said this is because this operation - drone attacks on airbases deep within Russia - "was a low-tech attack";
• Clarke also noted Ukraine's attack in Russia was highly sophisticated in its planning but didn't need specialised technology in the way the Russian ambassador suggested in his interview with Yalda Hakim on Sky News;
• Looking at whether Ukraine could take out the Kerch Bridge with a swarm of drones, Clarke also said quite a lot of drones would be needed to do this. He added the bridge is 12 miles long, which makes it difficult to disable fully.

Scroll down through this live page to catch up, or check out the key points.

You can also watch it back at the top of the page.

 The final question for our Q&A experts - what happens next?

Michael Clarke outlines two key questions.

Firstly, he thinks Donald Trump will walk away from peace talks, so who does he blame?

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"If the answer is he blames ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y and then won't give US intelligence... then the balance will change," he says.

Dominic Waghorn agrees Trump will likely abandon peace talks, with Western diplomats he's spoken to fearing the same.

And, in that, Putin sees an opportunity.

"If Trump takes away US intelligence, then Ukraine is in deep trouble," he says, adding it's hard for Europe to fill that particular vacuum.

In our Q&A, Michael Clarke was also asked about the Kerch Bridge - which the Ukrainians targeted with an underwater explosion this week.

Pete, one of our readers and viewers, asked our team if a swarm of a 1,000 drones would be enough to take out the Russian bridge in Crimea - and if so, why hasn't Ukraine tried this? 

Clarke has previously explained the bridge is Putin's "pride and joy".

In answer to Pete, he said: "You'd need to throw quite a lot of missiles at the Kerch Bridge to make sure three or four got through.

"The Russians have very intense defences around the bridge because it matters so much to them."

Clarke added the bridge is 12 miles long, which makes it difficult to disable fully.

"You can put a few holes in it but they can be repaired," he said.

He added: "But it can be taken out of commission for long periods, you can make it vulnerable 

"But one single attack wouldn't do it." 

Watch below: The explosion targeting the Kerch Bridge this week

Our military analyst Michael Clarke takes on this question - were the British really involved in Ukrainian attacks on Russia, as the ambassador claimed?

The short answer is - probably not.

"It's not news that British and US intelligence help Ukraine with targeting, location of areas, that's been stated from the very beginning," he says.

"Did Ukraine need help for this one? I doubt it."

Watch below: Ukrainian drone strikes analysed

That's because this operation - drone attacks on airbases deep within Russia - was a low-tech attack.

It was highly sophisticated in its planning, which spanned 18 months, but didn't need specialised technology in the way the ambassador suggested.

Anyone can access satellite imagery and geolocate bases, Clarke adds.

Something else to consider - Ukraine probably didn't want to tell their allies about the operation in advance, because they may well have advised against it.

When they invaded Kursk last summer, for example, Ukraine did not tell Western governments.

"If they asked permission, they'd have probably said no - so they did it anyway," Clarke says.

In our Q&A, international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn says what we saw overnight was the beginning of retaliatory action by the Russians.

"The Russians have been pretty upfront about that," he says.

He says this could be just the beginning of a period of aerial assaults in Ukraine in response to the attacks on the air bases.

"I think the way they are being presented by the Russians is totally disingenuous," Waghorn says.

Watch below: Ukraine hit by overnight barrage of attacks

"It is typical Russian double speak. They are saying the Ukrainian attacks on the air bases were terrorism.

"Terrorism is the use of force and violence against civilians for a political end.

"These attacks were a military attack on military targets."

Waghorn notes what the Russians did overnight was largely an attack on civilians.