LONDON — Russia and Ukraine continued long-range cross-border drone assaults on Sunday evening into Monday morning, regardless of President Donald Trump’s criticism of presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy — the most recent sign of Trump’s frustration at his incapability to convey Moscow’s 3-year-old invasion of its neighbor to an in depth.
Ukrainian officers mentioned air defenses engaged targets throughout the nation, together with within the capital Kyiv the place harm was reported to buildings.
Ukraine’s air drive mentioned Russia launched a complete of 364 “air assault automobiles” — 9 cruise missiles and 355 assault drones — within the newest bombardment. All missiles and 288 drones have been shot down or neutralized in flight, the air drive mentioned. Impacts have been reported in 5 areas and falling particles in 10 areas, the air drive mentioned.
Russia’s Protection Ministry, in the meantime, mentioned its forces downed 128 Ukrainian drones over 12 areas in a single day and into Monday morning.
Andriy Kovalenko, the pinnacle of the Counter-Disinformation Middle working as a part of Ukraine’s Nationwide Safety and Protection Council, mentioned “unknown drones” attacked town of Yelabuga in Russia’s Tatarstan Republic — greater than 500 miles east of Moscow and a few 740 miles from the closest Ukrainian-controlled territory.
This mixture of images created on Could 25, 2025 exhibits Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
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The goal was a facility producing Russia’s Iranian-designed Shahed strike drones, Kovalenko mentioned.
Different drones attacked “a chemical enterprise” within the Ivanovo area, round 150 miles northeast of Moscow, he added. The ability “creates elements for Russian gear and weapons, together with missiles,” Kovalenko mentioned.
Close to-nightly cross-border strikes have change into a distinguished function of Russia’s conflict on Ukraine, now greater than three years previous with little signal of an imminent ceasefire or peace deal. Latest months have seen the bombardments develop in dimension.
On Saturday evening into Sunday, for instance, Russia launched what Ukrainian officers described as its largest aerial assault of the conflict. The assault included 367 drones and missiles and killed at the very least 18 individuals, officers mentioned.
The assault prompted Trump to rebuke Putin whereas talking with reporters and in a while social media.
“I am not proud of what Putin is doing,” the president mentioned. “He is killing lots of people, and I do not know what the hell occurred to Putin. I’ve recognized him a very long time. At all times gotten together with him, however he is sending rockets into cities and killing individuals, and I do not prefer it in any respect.”
Trump reiterated his shut relationship with Putin however prompt that “one thing has occurred” which has made him “loopy.”
“I’ve all the time mentioned that he needs ALL of Ukraine, not only a piece of it, and possibly that is proving to be proper, but when he does, it can result in the downfall of Russia!” Trump wrote on Fact Social.
Trump additionally attacked Zelenskyy, who he has repeatedly framed as an obstacle to a U.S.-brokered peace deal. “Likewise, President Zelenskyy is doing his Nation no favors by speaking the best way he does,” Trump wrote.
“All the things out of his mouth causes issues, I do not prefer it, and it higher cease,” Trump continued.
Explosions are seen within the evening sky as Ukrainian servicemen hearth in the direction of drones throughout a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Could 26, 2025.
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Zelenskyy and his officers have cited Russia’s continued massed strikes as proof that Moscow shouldn’t be real in its public appeals for peace.
Ukrainian leaders have repeatedly appealed to Trump to impose new, harder sanctions on Moscow to push the Kremlin to downgrade its maximalist conflict targets. These embrace the annexation of swaths of Ukrainian territory, Ukrainian demilitarization and a everlasting block on the nation’s accession to NATO.
Ukrainian requests have to this point gone unanswered, regardless of Trump’s threats to introduce new measures to press Putin into negotiations. Kyiv is pushing for a 30-day ceasefire throughout which period peace talks can happen. Russia has to this point refused the proposal.
Following the most recent spherical of Russian strikes, Andriy Yermak — the pinnacle of Zelenskyy’s presidential workplace — wrote on Telegram on Monday morning, “Russia ought to pace up the ceasefire, now Moscow is slowing down even with the dialogue of proposals, no specifics, solely delaying time.”
“Moscow may be sped up with sanctions and weapons,” he added.
