Russia is a pound Kyiv with the largest air war attacks despite Trump Putin’s call

The waves of drones and Kiev missiles targeted overnight on Friday at the largest air attack since then Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began more than three years agoThe officials said, amid a renewed Russian batch to capture more lands of its neighbor.

Al -Wabel was injured at least 23 people and caused severe damage to multiple areas of the capital in a seven -hour attack. The explosions lit up in the night sky and hesitated all over the city when the alarm sirens were a raid. Blue lights are reflected in the emergency vehicles of tall buildings, and the debris banned the city’s streets.

“It was a harsh night without sleep,” said Ukraine President Voludmir Zelinski.

Russia was intensifying its long -term attacks on Ukrainian cities. Less than a week ago, Russia launched What was then the biggest air attack in the war. This strategy coincided with a concerted Russian effort to break parts of the front line of approximately 620 miles, as the Ukrainian forces are under severe pressure.

The country’s air force said that Russia fired 550 drones and missiles throughout Ukraine during the night. The majority were drones, but Russia also fired 11 missiles.

The attacks on KyIV started on the same day a phone The invitation was made between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy described the timing of strike a deliberate sign that Moscow has no intention to end the war.

Mr. Trump said that he was “very disappointed” with the call and will call Zelinski on Friday.

Peace movements do not make much progress

The United States’ international peace efforts have not yet been fruitful. The recent direct peace talks only led to separate exchanges of war prisoners, the wounded forces and the bodies of the fallen soldiers. No date has been set for more negotiations.

Ukrainian officials and the Russian Ministry of Defense said that another prisoner was swapped on Friday, although any of the two sides said about the number of soldiers involved. Zelinski said that most of the Ukrainians have been in Russian families since 2022. The Ukrainian soldiers were classified as “wounded and serious.”

When asked if he had made any progress with Putin in a deal to end the fighting in Ukraine, Mr. Trump said: “No, I did not make any progress with him today.”

“I am not happy with that. I am not happy with that,” said Mr. Trump on Russia’s war in Ukraine. He later told Putin: “I don’t think he is looking to stop,” the war, later told Putin.

According to Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign affairs advisor, the Russian leader confirmed that Moscow will seek to achieve its goals in Ukraine and remove the “root causes” of the conflict.

“Russia will not back down from these goals,” Ushakov told reporters after the call.

The war continues unabated

On February 24, 2022, Russia crossed the border, in a comprehensive invasion, Putin sought to justify it by falsely saying that it is necessary to protect civilian speaking civilians in eastern Ukraine and prevent the country from joining NATO. Zelenskyy has repeatedly called for Russian misinformation.

The United States has He stopped some shipments from military aid to UkraineIncluding decisive air defense missiles. “The decision was taken to put America’s interests first after a” Ministry of Defense “review of our nation’s military support and our assistance to other countries around the world,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told CBS News in a statement.

A US official told CBS News that the move was more than concerns about the decrease in US military stocks.

The main European supporters in Ukraine are considering how to help capture the recession. Zelenskyy says the plans are in full swing to build the local arms industry in Ukraine, but the expansion will take time.

The Ukrainian response should be rapid, because Russia ascends its weather attacks.

Russia launched 5438 drones in Ukraine in June, a new monthly number, according to the official data collected by the Associated Press. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrei Sibha said earlier this week that Moscow also launched more than 330 missiles, including nearly 80 ballistic missiles, in Ukrainian cities and cities in that month.

Kyiv’s night, “one of the worst so far”

Throughout the night, AP journalists in the continuous loud Kyiv drone heard in their sky, the sound of explosions and intense machine guns while the Ukrainian forces tried to intercept the air attack.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrei Sibha wrote on the social media platform X.

“The families taking place in the metro stations, the lower floors, the underground parking grooms, and the mass destruction in the heart of our capital.”

“What Kiev holds last night, nothing can be called nothing but a deliberate terrorist act.”

Kyiv was the primary goal of attacking the country. At least 14 people have been transferred to the hospital, according to Kiev Vitaly Klitschko.

Zelenskyy called the Kyiv attack as “sarcastic”.

In Moscow, the Ministry of Defense claimed that its forces targeted factories that produce drones and other military equipment in Kiev.

Ukrainian air defenses dropped 270 targets, including Cruise missiles. I lost 208 other radar targets and is supposed to be crammed.

Russia has succeeded in hitting eight sites with nine missiles and 63 drones. The usual drone has fallen through at least 33 sites.

In addition to the capital, the Dniproptrovsk, SUMY, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Kyiv regions have been damaged.