China said on Saturday it was willing to accelerate the examination and approval of rare earth exports to European Union firms.

Putin at the playground in the park," Zelensky said, as quoted by the TV network. "He is a murderer who came to this park to kill the kids."

Ukraine has unexpectedly postponed exchanging prisoners of war and accepting the bodies of killed soldiers for an indefinite period, Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky said on Saturday.Russia and Ukraine held the second round of peace talks in Istanbul on Monday where they agreed to exchange more prisoners - focusing on the youngest and most severely wounded - and to return the bodies of 12,

The attacks come days after Trump says Putin had "very strongly" promised response to Ukraine "Spider web" attack.

Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine of postponing a large-scale exchange of captured soldiers, hours after Moscow's army launched a barrage of missiles, drones and bombs across the country.The Ukrainian air force said Russia had fired 206 drones and nine missiles in the overnight barrage.