Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv warns ceasefire offer may expire as ‘our patience is not endless’

Ukraine’s UN envoy, Andrii Melnyk, said Kyiv is still willing to negotiate directly with Russia and has already made a major concession by offering a full and unconditional ceasefire along the current front lines.

However, he warned that “our patience is not endless”.

“If the security council would further choose a wait-and-see approach, I cannot exclude that Ukraine may recalibrate and modify its offer. Ceasefire along the de facto ‌front line is already a great compromise.”

His comments come as Ukraine feels increasingly confident militarily after striking Russian oil facilities, supply lines, and military infrastructure, putting pressure on Russia, experts say.

Russia is revising its high school history textbooks to include the role of North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine, reflecting Moscow’s growing openness about its military partnership with Pyongyang, Kyiv Post reported.

The updated textbooks will cover battles involving North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region, as well as the use of drones, new weapons, and battlefield tactics seen during the conflict.

After initially avoiding public acknowledgment, Russia officially confirmed in 2025 that North Korean forces had fought alongside its troops.

Reports suggest that around 14,000 North Korean soldiers were deployed to support Russia, with thousands estimated to have been killed.

North Korean troops reportedly helped repel a Ukrainian incursion into Kursk and later took part in mine-clearing operations.

Russian strikes overnight wounded six people across Sumy, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv, while Kyiv briefly issued an air raid alert.

The attacks came a day after a Ukrainian strike on a missile electronics plant in Russia’s Voronezh region, which local authorities said killed five people and injured dozens.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia is preparing another major attack even as Ukraine seeks Western support for a peace deal and closer integration with the EU.

A Russian guided bomb strike in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast destroyed an empty trolleybus on Monday, critically injuring its 57-year-old driver and wounding two other people, The Kyiv Independent reported.

According to regional governor Oleh Hryhorov, the driver was alone in the vehicle and was rushed to hospital, where doctors were fighting to save his life.

The attack came amid continued Russian strikes on civilian areas in the region, the outlet said.

Separately, a Russian drone attack in Sumy Oblast killed three members of a family – a 13-year-old boy, his father and grandmother – and left three other relatives seriously injured.

Over the same 24-hour period, Russian attacks across Ukraine reportedly killed at least 10 people and injured 48 others, The Kyiv Independent reported.

Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales Sunday as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula.

The Russia-appointed Crimean governor Sergei Aksyonov said that overnight Ukrainian strikes killed four people and wounded 28. He later wrote on social media that local gas stations would halt all sales to non-state companies and individuals for an undefined period.

“Fuel will be sold only to government agencies that ensure the functioning and security of the Republic of Crimea,” Aksyonov said. “I ask everyone to remain calm and to only trust official sources of information.”

Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure and supply routes are worsening fuel shortages across Russia, with the crisis now spreading from Russian-controlled Crimea to Omsk in southwestern Siberia, Reuters reported.

Authorities in Omsk have imposed fuel purchase limits “to avoid artificially creating panic buying at gas stations and speculation”, restricting gasoline and diesel sales and banning fuel can refills.

Russian strikes overnight wounded six people across Sumy, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv, while Kyiv briefly issued an air raid alert.

The attacks came a day after a Ukrainian strike on a missile electronics plant in Russia’s Voronezh region, which local authorities said killed five people and injured dozens.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia is preparing another major attack even as Ukraine seeks Western support for a peace deal and closer integration with the EU.

Ukraine’s UN envoy, Andrii Melnyk, said Kyiv is still willing to negotiate directly with Russia and has already made a major concession by offering a full and unconditional ceasefire along the current front lines.

However, he warned that “our patience is not endless”.

“If the security council would further choose a wait-and-see approach, I cannot exclude that Ukraine may recalibrate and modify its offer. Ceasefire along the de facto ‌front line is already a great compromise.”

His comments come as Ukraine feels increasingly confident militarily after striking Russian oil facilities, supply lines, and military infrastructure, putting pressure on Russia, experts say.

Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales Sunday as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula.

The Russia-appointed Crimean governor Sergei Aksyonov said that overnight Ukrainian strikes killed four people and wounded 28. He later wrote on social media that local gas stations would halt all sales to non-state companies and individuals for an undefined period.

“Fuel will be sold only to government agencies that ensure the functioning and security of the Republic of Crimea,” Aksyonov said. “I ask everyone to remain calm and to only trust official sources of information.”

Ukrainian forces have repeatedly targeted fuel supplies to Crimea in recent weeks, triggering the worst energy crisis in the region since it was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.