Secretary of State Rubio and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz will meet with Russian officials on a Black Sea ceasefire. Kyiv's energy grid may be part of the talks.

Vladimir Putin’s forces are bombing stations along their own crucial gas pipeline in an effort to sabotage any ceasefire deal with Ukraine, Kyiv’s military has said.A gas pumping station in Sudzha, in the Russian border region of Kursk was on fire on Friday morning after being rocked by a major explosion.