Vladimir Putin has visited Kursk for the first time since Ukraine's incursion across the border, Russian media reported, as Moscow claims to have recaptured more of the region
It comes as the White House confirms Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff is going to Moscow for talks on a US-proposed ceasefire plan backed by Ukraine
It was agreed on Tuesday after Ukrainian officials held talks with the US
Earlier today, Trump said a ceasefire deal "would be 80% of the way to getting this horrible blood bath [to end]"
Zelensky has said "everything depends on Russia", calling on Moscow to respond to the proposal
But Russia has said it would wait to be briefed by American officials before commenting - and that it's "studying statements"
Watch: US team en route to Russia, says Trump
While we wait for further updates on the talks between the US and Ukrainian delegations in Jeddah, defence chiefs are preparing for a meeting in Paris.
This afternoon, defence leaders from around 30 countries will meet to draw up plans for the "coalition of the willing" to deter Russia from further invading Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.
We'll continue to monitor for any movement there.
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring
The overnight drone attack on Moscow was meant to push Vladimir Putin towards a ceasefire, a Ukrainian official says.
According to Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the Ukrainian government’s Centre for Combating Disinformation, the attack was designed to send “another message to Putin that he should be interested in a ceasefire in the air”.
“It’s not just oil refineries, drones can target Moscow at any time,” Kovalenko says in remarks on his YouTube channel.
Ahead of the talks in Jeddah, Ukrainian officials proposed a truce in the air and at sea, but not on the ground.
Image source, ReutersDonald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is set to travel to Russia for talks on Ukraine later this week, the BBC's US partner, CBS News, reports, citing a person familiar with the planning.
It is not clear whether or not he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, as reports in recent days have suggested.
A little earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the US would inform Russia of any results of the US-Ukraine talks today.
By Richard Irvine-Brown
Image source, TelegramBBC Verify has seen video of strikes confirmed in Domodedovo, south of Moscow, and other suburbs this morning
The Russian Ministry of Defence says three people have been killed during what it claims is the largest drone attack on the country since its invasion of Ukraine three years ago.
It said 337 drones were shot down overnight across the country, almost double the previous high of 180 on 14 January this year.
In this latest attack, 91 drones were shot down over the Moscow region. BBC Verify today confirmed several strikes in the area.
Two days ago, the Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed 520 drones and 34 missiles between 3 and 9 March.
During that period, we have confirmed strikes in Odesa, Donetsk, Kharkiv and President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyi Rih.
Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockAway from Saudi Arabia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said an oil pipeline's supply to Hungary had to be suspended overnight following an attack on a metering station.
Szijjártó describes this pipeline as "critical" to Hungary and calls the attack "unacceptable".
"We are calling on Ukraine not to attack this infrastructure," the foreign minister says in a Facebook video.
"This war is not our fault and Hungary is not responsible for this conflict."
Ukraine's military earlier said its overnight drone attack targeted "a number of strategic facilities in the Russian federation which are involved in providing supplies to the armed aggression against Ukraine".
The Ukrainian statement reports explosions in the area of a control station which manages technological processes relating to the Druzhba oil pipeline.
We've just had another update from Saudi Arabia - albeit a cryptic one.
Zelensky's top aide, Andriy Yermak, posts a handshake emoji on X, alongside two photos of US and Ukrainian officials in Jeddah.
It isn't clear from the photos whether the officials are arriving or leaving the talks. Nor can we interpret what the emoiji is hinting at.
As soon as we get a clearer idea of what's happening, we'll let you know.
A Ukrainian political adviser says it's a "sign of hope" that the meeting between US and Ukrainian officials in Jeddah has lasted for more than three hours.
Yuriy Sak, a political adviser to Ukraine's Ministry of Strategic Industries, tells BBC Radio 4's World at One programme that the Kyiv delegation went to Saudi "in the hopes that this will bring us closer to ending the war and demonstrate to our American partners we are serious".
Tom Bateman
Reporting from US-Ukraine talks in Jeddah
As we just mentioned, the US and Ukrainian officials are now back in the meeting room after a short break, meaning they've been talking for more than three hours.
I saw US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sweep past on his way in this morning. When I asked him what his expectations were, he gave a thumbs up and said it'll "be good”.
That reflects the upbeat messaging we have been hearing from the Americans. They want to get the relationship with the Ukrainians back on track.
He hinted quite heavily on the plane last night as we were coming into Jeddah that if the US feels the meeting today goes well, it may be prepared to reinstate military support and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
The Americans are saying they are using today's talks to assess where the Ukrainians are at.
Basically, they want to work out what the Ukrainian red lines are and potentially take those to Moscow to see what the Russian position is.
But it's a question of how big that gap is and whether or not it can be bridged.
Thumbs up from Rubio as he join Saudi talks
Emily Atkinson
Live editor
If you're just joining us, talks have resumed between US and Ukrainian teams in Jeddah after a short break.
We're yet to receive a substantial update on their progress, but there are some signs of movement.
"We're getting there", a US delegate says. For the Ukrainians, it's a "work in progress".
While we wait for more detail, here's a quick look at the make up of the room.
Representing Ukraine:
Image source, Reuters(L-R) Andriy Sybiha, Andriy Yermak and Rustem Umerov
For the United States:
Image source, Reuters(L-R) Mike Waltz and Marco Rubio
And hosting today's talks are Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and National Security Adviser Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban.
Image source, Getty Images(L-R) Faisal bin Farhan and Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban
President Zelensky's closest aide, Andriy Yermak, has just posted an update on X from Saudi Arabia.
"Work in progress," he writes in Ukrainian, followed by emojis of the Ukrainian and US flags.
Yermak earlier said that the meeting with the US began in a "very constructive way".
Image source, EPAMarco Rubio and Mike Waltz walk through the Ritz Carlton in Jeddah
The talks in Jeddah started around 12:15 local time (09:15 GMT) and stopped for a break at 15:35 (12:35 GMT), according to the US State Department.
While on break, a reporter shouted to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: "How was the meeting?"
"Did it go well, Mr Waltz?" the reporter asked the US national security adviser.
"We're getting there," Waltz replied as he entered the elevator.
As Kyiv-Washington talks continue in Saudi Arabia, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko says the overnight strikes on Moscow shows the country is capable of carrying out a "very serious" attack on Russia.
Speaking to the BBC from Kyiv, he says "this is a message that we have, at least, cards" (an apparent reference to Donald Trump recently saying he believes Russia has "the cards" in any peace talks).
On the meeting in Jeddah, Goncharenko says he hopes negotiations will rebuild trust between the US and Ukraine after Zelensky and Trump shared a fiery exchange in the Oval Office.
He adds that Ukraine's goal is to secure the nation's territorial integrity, sovereignty and security guarantees during the meeting.
Image source, Getty ImagesDamage has been reported around Moscow this morning after overnight drone strikes
As part of its drone attack on Russia overnight, Ukraine's military says it struck "a number of strategic objects", including "a production capacity of the Moscow oil refinery".
The armed forces says the refinery is capable of processing "11 million tons of oil per year" and provides "40-50%" of Moscow's diesel and gasoline.
In a statement, it adds that it also hit a production station in Orlov, which it says is important in managing an oil pipeline supply to a seaport in St Petersburg.
We're now hearing more details about the third person who has died after an overnight drone attack on Moscow.
The 43-year-old man, like the other two victims, worked for food company Miratorg, Governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov says in a post on social media.
Vorobyov adds the two other victims, aged 38 and 50, died after a drone hit a parking lot at 05:14 local time when the pair had just begun their shift.
Image source, ReutersA multi-storey residential building in the Vidnoye district of Moscow shows signs of drone attack damage
By Paul Brown and Kris Bramwell
BBC Verify has been analysing footage from the southern Moscow region following a reported Ukrainian drone attack.
So far, we have verified footage of explosions as well as damage to high rise buildings in the city of Vidnoye and the Zyablikovo district.
We have also verified footage of a fire at a car park in Domodedovo and we've seen damage at Domodedovo rail station - which some Russian Telegram channels are attributing to the drone attack.
The Russian Defence Ministry says 91 Ukrainian drones were "intercepted and destroyed" over Moscow region as part of a wider attack which also saw strikes on the cities of Bryansk and Kursk.
Image source, ReuUS and Ukrainian officials meet in Jeddah to discuss the war in Ukraine
It's just passed midday in London and 15:00 in Jeddah. If you're just joining us, here's the latest:
We'll be keeping across the key developments so stick with us.
Steve Rosenberg
Russia editor
At least three have died after drone attacks in Russia, officials say
On Domodedovskaya Street police have taped off the area around an apartment block. Early this morning the building was damaged by debris from a Ukrainian drone.
Workmen on a crane are repairing the roof. There’s a crowd of people looking at the building. Some of them are videoing it on their mobile phones.
“How can this happen in Moscow? What about our air defences?” Tatyana, a pensioner who lives in the apartment block opposite, says to me.
“We need to do something. But what?” she continues.
“Put more pressure on the scum,” a man called Mikhail interjects. He’s referring to the Ukrainian army.
“No, this should be decided on a political level,” Tatyana says. "Ukrainians are also suffering. Politicians must end this.”
“Not politicians,” says Mikhail, “but our army.”
Residential buildings were damaged after the drone attack in Moscow
Ben Tavener
Moscow producer
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Moscow and the surrounding region had been protected from Ukraine’s biggest ever drone attack on Russia and its capital thanks to “preparations carried out well in advance” of the event.
“This is precisely what allows us to ensure the protection of Moscow, the Moscow region, and many other regions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Peskov added it was “absolutely right” that the General Secretary of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Feridun Sinirlioğlu, had been taken to one of the drone attacks sites south of Moscow “to see that the Kyiv regime targets residential buildings”.
Earlier on Tuesday, Russian state media said President Vladimir Putin had been briefed on the attack.
Peskov was also asked whether Kyiv had launched the attack to break off talks. He said there were no talks happening, but it was possible Ukraine wanted to spoil possible grounds for talks.
He said the US would inform Russia of any results of the US-Ukraine talks but would not confirm that the US envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet Vladimir Putin on March 13, as has been reported.
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring
A third man has died following the Ukrainian drone attack overnight, the head of Moscow's Domodedovo district says in a post on social media.
We can now bring you more comments from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's top aide, Andriy Yermak, who says Ukrainians want peace more than anyone ahead of the meeting in Jeddah.
According to the BBC's US partner CBS, Yermak says Ukraine is "ready to go", adding that US security guarantees are "very important" but for now it's necessary to discuss "how to start this process" for peace.