It was a very important and meaningful conversation between the presidents. All details — very soon,” Yermak wrote. Journalist Barak Ravid, citing sources familiar with the discussion, reported that the two leaders talked for about 40 minutes and discussed Russia’s intensified attacks on Ukraine and the supply of air defense systems.

At least two people were killed in Kyiv and 16 others were injured across Ukraine in an overnight Russian drone and missile bombardment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday morning.