The apparent collapse of the latest summit and renewed Russian attacks show that Trump’s hopes for a negotiated solution to the war remain distant.

Trump’s decision to call off the summit came after US secretary of state Marco Rubio and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone on Monday. Lavrov rejected Trump’s call for an immediate ceasefire on Tuesday, saying it contradicted understandings reached at the summit with Putin in Alaska in August.

Ukraine's defense ministry said it continues to hit Russia's industries, "weakening the offensive potential of the aggressor state."

Ukraine is urging European countries not to limit its use of a proposed $163 billion loan based on frozen Russian state assets, arguing that it needs to be able to buy non-European arms, repair war damage from Russian attacks and compensate victims.

The attack on the Bryansk facility came hours before Russian attacks left six people dead in Ukraine, officials said.

Russia launched multiple drone and missile strikes on Ukraine as the latest peace attempts by US President Donald Trump appeared to be floundering.

Trump wants Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war on the current battlelines, with Moscow holding a huge swathe of eastern Ukraine.

"In Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts, restoration work is underway across all affected areas following Russian strikes on our energy infrastructure. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, (Russian forces) even used FPV drones to target transformers,