US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP /Getty Images

Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine killed six people, including two children, and forced power outages nationwide, officials said on Wednesday, as plans for a summit of Russian and US leaders were shelved after Moscow rejected a ceasefire.

US president Donald Trump had announced last week that he and Vladimir Putin would meet soon in Hungary to try to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.

But Mr Putin has been unwilling to co

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