Russia pointed to Ukraine with her greatest individual drone attack, but only a few hours before the phone call of President Donald Trump with Vladimir Putin about ending the war.
Russia shot on Sunday a total of 273 explosive drones and lures aimed at the kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk Ukraine regions, according to the Ukraine Air Force. Of these, 88 were intercepted and 128 lost, probably electronically stuck.
The flood was the biggest drone attack, the beginning of the large -scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, said Yuriy Ihnat, head of the Air Force Communications Department, to Associated Press.
It occurred after Trump said that “he would speak, by phone, President Vladimir Putin or Russia on Monday at 10:00 am” regarding the war in Ukraine.
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Firefighters work in a building beaten by a strike of unmanned aircraft outside or kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 18. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
“The calls of the call will be, to stop the ‘blood bath’ that is killing, on average, more than 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers per week, and trade,” Trump wrote in Truth Social on Saturday. “Then I will talk to President Zenskyy of Ukraine and then, with President Zenskyy, several NATO members.”
“Hopefully it will be a productive day, a high fire will be held, and this very violent war, a war that should never happen, will end,” Trump added. “God bless us all!”
Firefighters turned off a fire after the attack with unnimorated airplanes in Russia in the kyiv region on Sunday, May 18. (Ukrainian emergency service through AP)
Russia’s previous drone attack against Ukraine was on the eve of the third anniversary of the war, when Russia hit Ukraine with 267 drones.
kyiv’s regional governor, Mykola Kalashnyk said a 28 -year -old woman was killed in the attack with unmanned planes on Sunday, and three other people, including a 4 -year -old boy, were injured, AP reported.
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Residents are with the houses very damaged by a strike of Russian unmanned aircraft, outside kyiv on Sunday, May 18. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio also with Zenskyy in Rome on Sunday for ongoing peace conversations.
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The Ukraine Air Force said that the attack with unnimorated aircraft from Russia on Sunday, May 18 was the largest they have launched since Putin forces invaded the country in early 2022. (Ukrainian emergency service through AP)
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World leaders converged in Rome this weekend for the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on Sunday, with Vance leading the United States delegation. Zenskyy also attended the Mass.
Emma Colton and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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