According to ukraine news: “Russia launches biggest drone attack since invasion began” Russia targeted several places including kyiv where one woman died.
Details: According to ukraine officals Russia started bombarding ukraine one night of Saturday (17,May 2025) and they had no intention of stopping the war , despite pressure from many international forums.
The strike killed one person in kyiv region and injured three people including a four year old child.
According to ukraine air forces russia launched at least 273 drones and their targets were kyiv region,Dnipropetrovk and Donetsk regions in the east. According to Russian media officals they intercepted 25 drone of Ukraine on Sunday morning.
Russia-ukraine talks:
According to ukraine news Ukraine’s President Zelensky has said he is ready to accept prposals of ceasefire but on the other hand Russia made it clear they will only stop war if “Ukraine will be a neutral state , will cut the size of their military”. The US president has proposed a 30-day ceasefire agreement and threatened tougher sanctions if Russia won’t agree to the request.
The attack happened just a day before when President Trump was expected to talk with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. According to Ukraine president officials putin is not ready for the ceasefire.
At the same time Russia continues to upgrade the weapons. Russian president ignored the call of 30 day ceasefire from Washington and kyiv last week.
The president of ukraine said : “The country’s army will not withdraw from regions in the east of the country that are currently partially occupied by Russia to secure a ceasefire” American President Donald trump said “ I don’t think there will be a significant breakthrough on peace talks until i talk with Putin face to face”.
Russia has banned Amnesty International, accusing it of “Russophobia” and advocating on behalf of Ukraine. According to German chancellor we and America are united in this point to support ukraine on it’s path towards ceasefire and we will continue to bring pressure on Russia.
Ukraine president said now it’s a defining moment he urged US not to distance their selves from talks. Trump held a more than two-hour phone call with Putin and said ceasefire talks between Moscow and Kyiv would start “immediately.
According to trump Russia is ready to start negotiations talks with Ukraine.
Conclusion:
According to trump he will call both putin and Zelenskyy for intermediate ceasefire to end bloodbath in Ukraine. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said they will work and they stand with america for stance of ceasefire and they want the war to end soon.
Italian Prime minister Giorgia Meloni says Europe and US officials are welcome to host Russia-ukraine talks at the Vactian. Before this Washington suggests Vactian could host negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian officials.