Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with an estimated over 1,000 drones and missiles, possibly a record.
Since the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, the bombing campaign from Moscow has intensified, with Russia sensing complete victory as the Ukrainian army slowly retreat in the face of the Russian onslaught.
Kyiv has resorted to increasing long-range attacks against the Russian Federation via its growing high-tech capability to produce drones and other projectiles.
The conflict now seems to be a numbers game.
Europe is feckless, although continues to provide aid to Kyiv, militarily and financially.
Arms deals are being consummated between the U.S. and Europe, destined for Ukraine. Although, it is becoming murky as to the exact money flows being routed.
Ukraine Government Building Hit for First Time in Massive Russian Attack
key government building in Kyiv was damaged and four people across the country were killed on Sunday in Russia's largest aerial attack on Ukraine since war broke out.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X that strikes damaged the Cabinet of Ministers building, resulting in a fire breaking out on the upper floors.
The Cabinet of Ministers building houses senior Ukrainian ministers and sits in a heavily defended area of central Kyiv that, until Sunday, had not sustained direct damage in the months of wide-ranging strikes since Russia's 2022 invasion.
The escalation comes amid stalled peace efforts and increased international calls for more sanctions against Russia and military support for Ukraine.
Ukraine's air force said Russia launched a wave of drones and missiles overnight—reporting over 800 drones and 13 missiles—and that air defenses shot down and suppressed the majority.
The strikes included 810 Shahed-type attack unmanned aerial vehicles and drones of various types, nine Iskander-K cruise missiles and four Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, the air force said on Telegram.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, four people were killed and 44 others injured in strikes that reached at least 33 locations across the country. "Such killings now, when real diplomacy could have started long ago, are a deliberate crime and a prolongation of the war," Zelenskyy said, in a statement shared on X.
In Kyiv alone, local officials said at least 10 sites were damaged. A drone hit a nine-story residential building in Sviatoshynskyi district, and another damaged a four-story building in Darnytskyi district.
This marks the second large-scale Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv in just two weeks. As hopes for peace negotiations continue to diminish, European leaders are considering new security guarantees for Ukraine, including a postwar deployment of a multinational "reassurance force."
Meanwhile, Ukrainian leaders called for more weapons and international action. "The world must respond to this destruction not only with words, but with actions. We need to increase sanctions pressure, primarily against Russian oil and gas. New restrictions are needed that will hit the Kremlin's war machine," Svyrydenko said.
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