Russia has launched the largest drone attack since the beginning of the invasion, says Ukraine

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Reuters two men stand by their homes that were hit by a Russian drone in an attack outside Kiev on 18/5/2025Reuters

Residents investigate their home damage after a Russian drone strike on Saturday night on the suburbs outside Kiev

Ukraine says Russia has launched its biggest drone attack from the beginning of a large-scale invasion, aimed at several regions, including Kiev, where a woman has died.

Russia had released 273 drones by 08:00 Sunday (05:00 GMT), targeting the central region of Kiev and the regions of Denipropetrovska and Donetsk in the east, the Air Force reported.

The barrage came just a day before A scheduled call between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir PutinS The President of the United States insists on ending fire.

The Russian and Ukraine had their first face -to -face conversations for more than three years on Friday in Turkey, but this gave a little except for a new transaction to the prisoners’ UAP.

German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said on Sunday that he and leaders of the UK, France and Poland would have a virtual meeting with Trump before his conversation with Putin on Monday morning.

On Sunday, the Air Force of Ukraine announced that Russia had released a record number of drones, including Shahid drones, 88 of which were captured and another 128 were misled “without negative consequences.”

The strikes killed one person on the outskirts of Kyiv and wounded at least three others, employees said.

The previous largest drone attack from Russia took place on the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion of February 23, when Moscow released 267 drones.

Reuters firefighters work at the site of a private enterprise struck by a Russian drone strike against Russia's attack against Ukraine, outside Kiev, Ukraine on May 18, 2025.Reuters

Firefighters on a place outside Kyiv, who was hit on Sunday morning

Ukraine officials said strikes on Saturday night show that Russia did not intend to stop the war, despite international pressure to end fire.

“The negotiations (Friday) in Istanbul are just a claim. Putin wants war,” said Andrius Jermak, a major assistant to the Ukrainian president.

Volodimir Zelenski was in the Vatican on Sunday, where there was a private meeting with Pope Leo After the new table for taking office of Pontif. He also briefly met with US Vice President JD Vance in Rome.

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