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Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials said they鈥檒l meet on Saturday for a third day of talks aimed at ending聽the nearly 4-year-old war.

Following talks that made progress on a security framework for postwar Ukraine, the two sides also offered the sober assessment that any 鈥渞eal progress toward any agreement鈥� ultimately will depend 鈥渙n Russia鈥檚 readiness to show serious commitment to long-term peace.鈥�

The statement from U.S. special envoy聽Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 son-in-law Jared Kushner, as well as Ukrainian negotiators Rustem Umerov and Andriy Hnatov came after they met for a second day in Florida on Friday. They offered only broad brushstrokes about the progress they say has been made as Mr. Trump pushes Kyiv and Moscow to agree to a U.S.-mediated proposal to end the war.

Russia used 653 drones and 51 missiles in the wide-reaching overnight attack on Ukraine, which triggered air raid alerts across the country and came as Ukraine marked Armed Forces Day, the country鈥檚 air force said Saturday morning.

Ukrainian forces shot down and neutralized 585 drones and 30 missiles, the air force said, adding that 29 locations were struck.

At least eight people were wounded in the attacks, Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said.

Among these, at least three people were wounded in the Kyiv region, according to local officials. Drone sightings were reported as far west as Ukraine鈥檚 Lviv region.

The 鈥渕assive missile-drone attack鈥� was aimed at power stations and other energy infrastructure in several Ukrainian regions, Ukraine鈥檚 national energy operator, Ukrenergo, wrote on Telegram.

Ukraine鈥檚 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant temporarily lost all off-site power overnight, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Saturday, citing its Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.

The plant is in an area that has been under Russian control since early in Moscow鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine and is聽not in service, but it needs reliable power to cool its six shutdown reactors and spent fuel, to avoid any catastrophic nuclear incidents.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that energy facilities were the main targets of the attacks, also noting that a drone strike had 鈥渂urned down鈥� the train station in the city of Fastiv, located in the Kyiv region.

Russia鈥檚 Ministry of Defense said its air defenses had shot down 116 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight into Saturday.

Russian Telegram news channel Astra said Ukraine struck Russia鈥檚 Ryazan Oil Refinery, sharing footage appearing to show a fire breaking out and plumes of smoke rising above the refinery. The Associated Press could not independently verify the video.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces later said Ukrainian forces had struck the refinery. Ryazan regional Gov. Pavel Malkov said a residential building had been damaged in a drone attack and that drone debris had fallen on the grounds of an 鈥渋ndustrial facility,鈥� but did not mention the refinery.

Months of聽Ukrainian long-range drone strikes聽on Russian refineries have aimed to deprive Moscow of the聽oil export revenue聽it needs to pursue the war. Meanwhile, Kyiv and its western allies say Russia is trying to聽cripple the Ukrainian power grid聽and deny civilians access to heat, light, and running water for a fourth consecutive winter, in what Ukrainian officials call 鈥渨eaponizing鈥� the cold.

Mr. Zelenskyy will meet Monday with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, where the leaders will discuss the ongoing talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials aimed at finding an agreement on guaranteeing Ukraine鈥檚 postwar security.

This story was reported by The Associated Press.