Deadly barrage across the south-east

Ukrainian officials said a barrage of Russian strikes on the country's south-east early on Saturday killed 15 people, among them three children. In Zaporizhzhia, Zelenskyy said on social media that Russia dropped five glide bombs on residential buildings in the city, calling the attack thanks for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports.

The overnight assault also knocked out electricity in the capital:

• •Ukraine's largest private energy provider reported "large-scale power outages" in Kyiv.

Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Russia "must feel its losses" and promised a response.

Zelenskyy links the attacks to the diesel deal

The Ukrainian president said Moscow launched deadly strikes on civilians as thanks for the agreement cut by Trump with Putin to buy large quantities of Russian diesel, accusing Washington of helping fund Moscow's war. He warned that money raised from fuel sales would be invested in the war effort and that any easing of sanctions would "allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer".

He said Russia treats any easing of pressure as licence to keep fighting and dropping bombs on cities, writing: "Different signals are needed." Ukraine, he added, was ready to take "de-escalatory steps" in the war, but only if Russia did the same.

Europe stands by sanctions

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the diesel deal "provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war" and that this is not the time to ease pressure on Russia. The deal disrupts four years of western financial pressure on Moscow and has left Kyiv's allies in Europe and Nato scrambling to adapt their sanctions plan.

• •Kallas said EU foreign ministers intend on Monday to approve the biggest set of sanctions listings targeting Russia's war machine since the war started, formally adding 1,600 new individuals and entities to the blacklist.
• •German government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said Berlin "remains committed to the sanctions imposed on Russia" and is working with European partners on further measures, adding that support for Ukraine remains unwavering.
• •Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson expressed regret at the US agreement, calling energy revenues "a vital source of funding Russia's war of aggression".

Moscow's account and the Miami backdrop

Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov described Friday's Trump-Putin call as very substantive and friendly, saying of the two leaders: "They hung up simultaneously, literally at the same time."

On the ground, Russian-installed governor Leonid Pasechnik said Ukrainian attacks in the occupied Luhansk region over the past 24 hours killed four civilians and wounded five.

The deal was announced while Ukrainian negotiators were in Miami for peace talks, and Zelenskyy described it as a "gift" to Russia's president. Trump announced the agreement on Friday, saying it was needed to reduce diesel prices ahead of November midterm elections where fuel cost is a key voter issue.

According to the Financial Times, Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner raised the possibility that US intelligence sharing could be cut off if Kyiv did not halt strikes on Russian refineries. Trump has pressed Ukraine to stop bombing Russian refineries, saying it worsens a global diesel shortage; Zelenskyy rejects such requests unless Russia stops attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

On Monday, EU foreign ministers intend to formally add 1,600 new individuals and entities to the sanctions blacklist - the biggest set of listings targeting Russia's war machine since the war started.