Russia hits Ukraine with missiles and drones, killing at least 25 people as the United States tries to revive peace talks.

A massive volley of Russian missiles and drones killed at least 25 people, including two children, across the country. Ukraine overnight in one of the largest airstrikes since Moscow launched its full-scale war in February 2022.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched 476 drones and 48 ballistic and cruise missiles at his country. Ukraine’s military said six or seven missiles and nearly three dozen drones managed to penetrate Ukraine’s air defenses.

Explosions and fires were reported near the front lines around the eastern city of Kharkiv, but also far from the front, in the western city of Lviv, which is near Ukraine’s border with NATO member Poland.

Most of the deaths occurred in the western city of Ternopil, where the Interior Ministry said two high-rise apartment blocks and energy facilities were hit. Many of Ukraine’s regions reported some loss of power, as temperatures drop and the need for heat becomes a matter of life and death.

Zelenskyy, during a visit to Türkiye, said Russia’s latest attack showed the need to put greater international pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“Every blatant attack on ordinary life indicates that the pressure on Russia insufficient,” Zelenskyy wrote in a social media post.

Zelenskyy said he would ask Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to help increase Russia’s diplomatic isolation.

“First and foremost, we will discuss maximum capabilities to ensure that Ukraine achieves a just peace,” he said, adding that his administration also saw “some positions and signals from the United States, well, we’ll see tomorrow.”

Zelenskyy did not offer further context on that statement, but New US sanctions against the Russian oil industryaimed at forcing Putin to negotiate, will come into force on Friday.

A U.S. official also confirmed to News themezone that Army Secretary Dan Driscoll was in Ukraine on Wednesday as part of a delegation attempting to restart peace talks.

Zelenskyy was in Türkiye on Wednesday after stops in Greece, France and Spain earlier in the week, where he sought more support for his country’s defense efforts. Türkiye has maintained stable ties with both Russia and the United States throughout the war in Ukraine.

Zelenskyy may hope that Erdogan can use those ties to help bring Putin back to the negotiating table on a lasting peace deal.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that there were no immediate plans for Putin to participate as the war moves into its fourth winter, but added that the Russian leader was “of course open to a conversation,” a sentiment expressed many times since the invasion began.