Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump to send weapons to Kyiv after Putin’s forces kill two in drone attack
Russia has launched a new barrage of drones and missiles in an overnight attack on Ukraine, killing at least two people.
Vladimir Putin’s forces launched 597 drones and 26 missiles targeting the west of the country on Saturday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.
At least two people were killed in the city of Chernivtsi on the border with Romania. Western Ukrainian cities of Lviv, Lutsk, and Chernivtsi suffered the most due to the Russian attacks, and other Ukrainian regions were also hit, foreign minister Andriy Sybiha said. “Russia continues to escalate its terror,” he said in a post on X.
The attack comes as Donald Trump is expected to send weapons to Kyiv.
The US president said he is set to make a “major statement” on Russia on Monday as he grows frustrated with the Mr Putin amid intensified attacks on Ukraine.
“We’re sending weapons to Nato, and Nato is paying for those weapons, 100 per cent,” Mr Trump told NBC News.
The US president has also issued an ominous warning to the Russian president after a maternity ward in Kharkiv was damaged in a drone strike. “You’ll be seeing things happen,” he said.
