Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that drones had played a major role in the conflict in Ukraine and called for the rapid development and deployment of separate drone forces within the military.

Kyiv and Odesa were among the cities struck overnight into Tuesday morning amid another night of intense airstrikes.

Ukraine's president says a new prisoner exchange with Russia is ongoing and will take days, as both sides continue launching hundreds of attack drones.

Russia unleashed a sweeping drone attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the Black Sea city of Odesa that left a trail of destruction as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy demanded increased pressure on Moscow to end the war.

Trump declined to say what those consequences would be, and went on to add that he had not had discussions about whether to investigate Musk.