Announcement follows negotiations in which Zelenskyy claimed US was pressuring him for deal that would force ‘10 generations’ of Ukrainians to pay it back

Ukraine’s air defences shot down 110 of 177 drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack on Wednesday, the air force said in quotes carried by Reuters. The statement said that 66 other drones were “lost”, in reference to the military’s use of electronic warfare to redirect them.

Ukraine’s army chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said he discussed continued military support for Kyiv and battlefield developments with British Defence Chief Antony Radakin, according to a report from Reuters.