A local ceasefire in Oleshky, a southern Ukrainian city under Russian occupation, appeared to be holding on Tuesday, with both sides ceasing drone attacks ahead of an apparent evacuation of about 2,000 trapped civilians, the Guardian reported.

Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Russian President Vladimir Putin told Finland's president, Alexander Stubb, and Norway's prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, that Zelensky could come to Moscow for direct talks.