Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia concluded the first of two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, with U.S. President Donald Trump pressing Kyiv to act fast to reach a deal to end the four-year conflict.

Ahead of the negotiations in Switzerland, Russia carried out airstrikes overnight across swathes of Ukraine, severely damaging the power network in the ​southern port city of Odessa. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attacks left tens of thousands without heat and water.

"We are ready to ‌move quickly ‌toward a worthy agreement to end the war," Zelenskyy said in his nightly address, saying he was waiting for ​a report from the negotiating team in Geneva. "The question for the Russians is: Just what do they want?"

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