MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to move toward a peace settlement for Ukraine but Moscow's main objective is to achieve its goals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television in a clip published on Sunday.

The hypersonic missile and drone onslaught hit the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk, in the strongest attack of the 1,243-day war, as well as Kyiv and Kharkiv.