Saturday's air attacks show that Putin does not want peace, Zelensky said to reporters after arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

In a brief statement with Zelensky by his side, Carney said peace "requires a willing Russia."

"The barbarism that we saw overnight, the attack on Kyiv shows just how important it is that we stand with Ukraine in this difficult time," Carney said.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, who spoke with Zelensky along with other European leaders on Saturday, said on X that their shared objective remained "a just and lasting peace" that preserved Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, while strengthening the country’s security and defense capabilities. Zelenskiy said he would speak with European leaders again after his meeting with Trump.

Any European troop contingents deployed to Ukraine would become legitimate targets for Russia’s armed forces, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published by state news agency TASS on Sunday.

Lavrov, without providing evidence, also accused European politicians of being driven by ambitions in their relations with Kyiv and disregarding the people of Ukraine and of their own nations.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Europe’s objective remained “a just and lasting peace” in Ukraine following talks with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

In a post on X after speaking with Zelensky and other European leaders on Saturday, von der Leyen said any settlement must preserve Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, while strengthening the country’s security and defence capabilities.

Zelensky said he would speak with European leaders again after his planned meeting with US president Donald Trump.

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said peace in Ukraine “requires a willing Russia” after a fresh wave of Russian air attacks on Kyiv.

Speaking in Halifax, Nova Scotia, alongside Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday, Carney condemned the overnight strikes and pledged further support for Ukraine.

“The barbarism that we saw overnight – the attack on Kyiv – shows just how important it is that we stand with Ukraine in this difficult time,” Carney said.

He announced C$2.5bn (£1.45bn) in additional economic aid for Ukraine.

Russian commanders told president Vladimir Putin during an inspection visit that their forces had captured the towns of Myrnohrad, Rodynske and Artemivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region as well as Huliaipole and Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhzhia region, the Kremlin said on Telegram.

Ukraine’s military rejected Russia’s assertions about Huliaipole and Myrnohrad. The situation in both places remained “difficult” but Ukrainian troops were continuing “defensive operations”, the General Staff said in a statement on social media.

Ukraine’s Southern Command said on Telegram that “fierce fighting” continued in Huliaipole but that “a substantial part of Huliaipole continues to be held by the Defence Forces of Ukraine”.

• Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky are meeting in Florida on Sunday for talks aimed at ending the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine.
• Zelensky has said security guarantees and territorial issues in eastern Ukraine, including Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia, will be central to the discussions.
• He said a draft peace plan includes US-backed security guarantees similar to NATO’s Article 5, while Ukraine continues to reject Russian demands to give up territory.
• A day before the talks, Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, killing at least one person. Zelensky said the attack showed Moscow “doesn’t want peace”.
• European leaders, including UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron, have said any ceasefire must include international monitoring, a move Russia opposes.
• Zelensky said the peace plan is “about 90 per cent ready” and that he hopes European leaders can be involved in talks at a later stage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was in no hurry for peace and that if it did not want to resolve the conflict peacefully, Moscow would accomplish all its goals by force.

Putin’s remarks, carried by state news agency TASS yesterday, followed a large Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia was demonstrating its wish to continue the war while Kyiv wanted peace.

Zelensky is due to meet US president Donald Trump in Florida today to seek a resolution to the war Putin launched nearly four years ago with a full-scale invasion of Russia’s smaller neighbour.