Russia launches the biggest drone attack since the invasion began, says Ukraine

Ukraine says that Russia has launched its largest drone attack since the full-scaling invasion began, aimed at various regions, including Kyiv, where a woman died.

Russia had launched drones on Sunday at 8:00 AM 273 (05:00 GMT) Focused on the Central Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk region and Donetsk areas in the east, said the Air Force of Ukraine.

The barrage came the day earlier A planned call between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The American president has insisted on a cease -the fire.

Russian and Ukraine had their first face-to-face conversations in more than three years on Friday in Turkey, but it yielded little in addition to a new prisoner-swap deal.

The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that he and leaders of Great -Britain, France and Poland would have a virtual meeting with Trump for his conversation with Putin on Monday morning.

On Sunday, Ukraine Air Force reported that Russia had launched a record number of drones, including Shahed Attack drones, 88 of which were intercepted and another 128 fell “without negative consequences”.

The strikes killed one person on the outskirts of Kyiv and were injured at least three others, officials reported.

The previous largest drone attack from Russia had taken place on the third anniversary of the full invasion on February 23, when Moscow launched 267 drones.

Ukrainian officials said that the strikes of Saturday evening showed that Russia was not going to stop the war, despite the international pressure for a cease -the fire.

“For Russia, the negotiations [on Friday] There are only a pretension in Istanbul. Putin wants war, “said Andriy Yermak, a top employee of the Ukrainian president.

Volodyymyr Zensky was in the Vatican on Sunday where he had a private meeting with Pope Leo After the new inaugurationis of the Pontiff. He also met us shortly before the American Vice President JD Vance in Rome.