Kyiv, hit by a barrage of drones while Putin spins Trump’s truce

On Friday morning, on Friday morning after the night of intense Russian strokes that hit almost every area of ​​the capital, hung from a pole of sharp smoke, which struck almost every area of ​​the capital.

The classes of the dark were again redirected from the stacoto of the air defense weapons, the drones and the large explosions. Ukraine said Russia launched a record 550 drones and 11 rockets during a long bombing night.

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

A woman has been killed in Russia after the Ukrainian drone attacks, officers said.

The acting manager of the region of South Rostov said he had been killed in a strike in the village not far from the Ukrainian border.

Russia’s air strikes have broken another record at night, Ukraine Air Force reported, with 72 of the 550 drones penetrating air protection – compared to a previous record of 537 launched last Saturday night.

Air attack signals sounded more than eight hours as Several waves of attacks hit Kiev, the “main goal of strikes,” the Air Force said in the Telegram Message app.

The Foreign Minister of Ukraine condemned “one of the biggest” nights in the capital and said that “Moscow should be struck with the most difficult sanctions without delay.”

“An absolutely terrible and sleepless night in Kiev. One of the oldest so far,” writes Andry Sibiha at X.

Noting that he came directly after Putin’s call with Trump, Sibiha added that “(Putin) does it on purpose” and “clearly shows his neglect to the United States and all who have called for the end of war.”

The footage shared on social media by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine has shown that firefighters are struggling with the extinguishing of fires in Kiev after Russia’s large -scale attack overnight.

At least 23 people were injured in the attacks on Kiev, according to the Ukrainian authorities, the railway infrastructure was damaged and the buildings and cars were lit in the capital.

Friday’s attacks were the most new in a series of Major Russian Air strikes in Ukraine that have intensified in recent weeks Because the termination negotiations have largely stopped.

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

After his conversation with Putin on Thursday, Trump said “no progress” to end the fighting.

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

“I’m just saying I don’t think he’s looking to stop and that’s too bad.”

The Kremlin reiterated that he would continue to strive to remove “the root causes of the war in Ukraine.” Putin seeks to return Ukraine to Russia’s influence and said last week that “all Ukraine is ours.”

In the meantime A solution in Washington to stop some shipments with critical weapons to Ukraine.

Kiev warned that this move would prevent his ability to protect Ukraine from escalation of air strikes and Russian progress on front lines.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said we “give weapons” and “we did not” completely stopped at the stream of weapons. He accused former President Joe Biden of “emptying our entire country that gives them weapons, and we must be sure we have enough for ourselves.”