Kyiv hit by barrage of drone strikes as Putin spurns Trump’s truce bid

ACRID smoke was hung on Kyiv on Friday morning after a night of intense Russian strikes – dark hours again interspersed with air defense defender, drone strikes and large bangs.

The Ukrainian authorities said that every region in the capital was almost damaged, after a long night of bombing in which Ukraine said that Russia fired 550 drones and 11 missiles.

The strikes came hours after a phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, after which the US president said he was “disappointed” because Putin was not ready to end the Russian war against Ukraine.

Officials said a woman was killed in Russia after Ukrainian drones.

The ruler of the Acting Southern Rostov region said that she had been killed in a blow to the village, not far from the Ukrainian border.

The Air Force in Ukraine said that the air strikes in Russia had destroyed another record.

Alert alerts looked for more than eight hours The Air Force in the correspondence application in the correspondence application said that several waves of attacks struck Kiev, “the main goal of the strikes.”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine condemned “one of the worst nights” in the capital and said, “Moscow must be slaughtered with the most difficult sanctions.”

Andrii Sybiha wrote on X.

Sibha indicated that he came immediately after Putin’s invitation with Trump, adding that.[Putin] Is this intentionally “and” it clearly shows his ignorance of the United States and everyone who called for a war. “

Joint footage on social media by government emergency service in Ukraine showed firefighters fighting firefighting in Kiev after Russia’s widespread attack overnight.

At least 23 people were injured in the attacks on Kyiv, according to the Ukrainian authorities, with the railway infrastructure, buildings and cars indicating the capital.

Friday attacks were the latest in a series of The main Russian air strikes on Ukraine, which has intensified in recent weeks The ceasefire talks also stopped largely.

The war in Ukraine has been raging for more than three years since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022.

After talking to Putin on Thursday, Trump said he “do not offer” to end the fighting.

“I am very disappointed by the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don’t think he is there, and I am very disappointed,” Trump said.

“I just say I don’t think he is looking to stop, and this is very bad.”

The Kremlin repeated that he would continue to seek to remove “the root causes of the war in Ukraine.” Putin sought to return Ukraine to Russia’s influence and said last week, “The entire Ukraine is ours.”

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski said he hoped to speak to Trump on Thursday about the offer of US weapons after a A decision in Washington to stop some of the critical arms shipments To Ukraine.

Kiev has warned that this step would hinder her ability to defend Ukraine against escalation of air strikes and Russian progress on the front lines.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said, “We are giving weapons” and “why” we did not completely stop the flow of weapons. He blamed former President Joe Biden for sending him “so many weapons to Ukraine to the extent that he had risked weak American defenses.”