Russia bombards Ukraine with drones hours after Trump announces talks with Putin
Russia targeted Ukraine with its largest single drone attack yet just hours ahead of President Donald Trump s phone call with Vladimir Putin about ending the war Russia on Sunday fired a total of exploding drones and decoys targeting Ukraine's Kyiv Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions according to Ukraine s air force Of those were intercepted and lost likely being electronically jammed The barrage was the biggest drone attack since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February Yuriy Ihnat head of the air force's communications department informed the Associated Press It came after Trump declared he would be speaking by telephone to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday at a m regarding the war in Ukraine PRESIDENT TRUMP DISHES ON 'GREAT' PHONE CALL WITH RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR PUTIN The subjects of the call will be stopping the bloodbath that is killing on average more than Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week and commerce Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday I will then be speaking to President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and then with President Zelenskyy various members of NATO Hopefully it will be a productive day a ceasefire will take place and this very violent war a war that should have never happened will end Trump added God bless us all The previous largest known single drone attack from Russia against Ukraine was on the eve of the war s third anniversary when Russia pounded Ukraine with drones Kyiv regional Gov Mykola Kalashnyk stated a -year-old woman was killed in Sunday s drone attack and three other people including a -year-old child were wounded the AP published MASSIVE RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACK KILLS IN UKRAINE AHEAD OF US PEACE TALKSVice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio also met with Zelenskyy in Rome Sunday for ongoing peace talks During our talks we discussed negotiations in Istanbul to where the Russians sent a low-level delegation of non-decision-makers I reaffirmed that Ukraine is ready to be engaged in real diplomacy and underscored the importance of a full and unconditional ceasefire as soon as workable Zelenskyy shared on X regarding the meeting We have also touched upon the need for sanctions against Russia bilateral contract defense cooperation battlefield situation and upcoming prisoners exchange Pressure is needed against Russia until they are eager to stop the war And of lesson we talked about our joint initiatives to achieve a just and durable peace he continued World leaders converged in Rome this weekend for Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass at the Vatican on Sunday with Vance leading the U S delegation Zelenskyy also attended the mass Fox News Emma Colton and the Associated Press contributed to this analysis
