Ukraine hit by Russian drone barrage after Trump remark

AFP | Kyiv

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Russia fired its biggest ever drone barrage on Ukraine, authorities said yesterday, just hours after Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin “CRAZY” and warned Moscow risked new sanctions if it kept up its deadly bombardment.

The US president’s efforts to halt the three-year war have failed to extract major concessions from the Kremlin, despite repeated negotiations between officials and several phone calls between him and Russia’s president.

For three consecutive nights Russia has pummelled Ukraine with largescale drone attacks, saturating its air defences and killing at least 13 people on Sunday, officials said.

Russia fired “355 Shahed-type drones” including decoys, in the largest drone attack of the invasion between Sunday night and early Monday, as well as nine cruise missiles, Ukraine’s air force sai yesterday.