Russia fired more than 100 drones at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said Monday as it awaits the Kremlin's response to Volodymyr Zelensky's call for a personal meeting with Vladimir Putin this week.

Ukraine and its allies urged Moscow to agree to a full and unconditional 30-day ceasefire starting Monday, but Putin came back with a counter-proposal for direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul on Thursday.

The Kremlin is yet to respond to Zelensky's apparent acceptance of the offer, with the Ukrainian leader upping the stakes by saying he would be "waiting for Putin in Turkey on Thursday. Personally."

The prospect of direct Russia-Ukraine talks on ending the war -- the first since the early months of Russia's 2022 invasion -- has been welcomed by Washington and across Europe.

But Moscow appeared to have rejected the call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire -- that Zelensky had earlier on Sunday presented as a precondition to........

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