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Large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine continue despite the Kremlin showing interest in pursuing peace talks.

Russia has launched a total of 499 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight on Monday, specifically targeting western regions of Ukraine. Kyiv has neutralised most of the incoming targets, including Kinzhal ballistic missiles.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday called on the United Nations to assemble a group of countries tasked with seeking a resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

ANALYSIS: Russia is stepping up its summer offensive both on the ground and in the air but support from Europe and sophisticated drone warfare could help Ukraine hold Moscow back. World affairs editor Sam Kiley takes a closer look

These are the key events on day 1,199 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday's strikes killed at least four people and injured dozens. The attacks targeted the capital, Kyiv, the Ternopil region in the northwest of the country, and the city of Lutsk.

Satellite imagery of airfields in Siberia and Russia's far north reveals significant damage

Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine could have been worse if Ukrainian forces hadn’t struck Russian missile concentration sites in Russia right before. Moscow was threatening with "retaliation" for Kyiv’s daring Operation "Spiderweb" last weekend, but Kyiv says it launched ‘preemptive’ strikes.

A Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv early Friday has killed multiple people and injured many others, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said. It was part of a wider overnight assault and the latest in a series of large-scale attacks targeting regions across Ukraine.