By Muhammad Mamman
In a brazen escalation, Russia bombarded Ukraine with 85 attack drones and an Iskander-M ballistic missile overnight, Kyiv reported Saturday, just hours after a high-stakes summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Alaska yielded no progress toward ending Moscow’s three-year invasion.
The barrage, which began Friday evening as the Trump-Putin talks unfolded, targeted Ukrainian frontline regions, with the air force reporting strikes across four areas.
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By Muhammad MammanIn a brazen escalation, Russia bombarded Ukraine with 85 attack drones and an Iskander-M ballistic missile overnight, Kyiv reported Saturday, just hours after a high-stakes summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Alaska yielded no progress toward ending Moscow’s three-year invasion.
Ukrainian defenses downed 61 of the Shahed-type drones, but the assault underscored the unrelenting intensity of Russia’s campaign, launched in February 2022, which has claimed thousands of lives.
The Alaska summit, held in a remote US state, had raised hopes for a breakthrough in halting the war. However, no ceasefire agreement emerged, despite months of Western pressure on the Kremlin to pause its aggression.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has yet to comment publicly on the talks’ outcome.
