Ukraine war latest: Russia launches ‘biggest drone attack since invasion’ ahead of Trump ceasefire call
Russia has launched one of its most intense drone attacks on Ukraine since the beginning of its invasion in 2022.
Vladimir Putin’s forces fired a total of 273 exploding drones and decoys overnight, Ukraine’s air force said. The attacks targeted the country’s Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions.
The latest assault comes ahead of what could be a pivotal phone call in the war, with Donald Trump speaking to Mr Putin on Monday morning. The US president will also speak to Volodymyr Zelensky and has claimed “a ceasefire will take place”.
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, the US president said: “The subjects of the call will be stopping the ‘bloodbath’ that is killing, on average, more than 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, and trade.”
His announcement came after the first direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv in years ended in Istanbul on Friday with no breakthrough, save for a 1,000-strong prisoner swap between the two warring sides.
