Russia overnight hit Ukraine with the biggest missile and drone attack since the start of the war, launching a record number of drones at Kyiv.
Over 500 drones were launched into Ukraine, the second time in less than a week that Russia has launched a major attack on the country. The attack comes after the Trump administration froze deliveries of critical air defense missiles to Ukraine.
Hundreds of Russian drones swarmed the Ukrainian capital all night as videos show huge fires and plumes of smoke on the skyline.
Residents described it as one of the most intense nights since the start of the full-scale invasion and people in Kyiv woke up Friday morning to the city being blanketed by smoke from the fires still burning.
The aerial assault began shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone. Trump says he did not make progress with Putin on the call.
"Notably, the first air raid alerts in our cities and regions yesterday began to blare almost simultaneously with media reports discussing a phone call between President Trump and Putin," Ukrainian President Zelenskyy wrote on Friday morning. "Yet again, Russia is showing it has no intention of ending the war and terror. Only around 9 a.m. today did the air raid alert end in Kyiv. It was a brutal, sleepless night."
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