London – Russia launched a new wave of attacks with unmanned planes to Ukraine during the night until Sunday morning when the country recovered from a bloody weekend of air attacks that Kyiv said that he killed at least 24 people.
The Ukraine Air Force said Russia launched 119 drones to the country during the night, 73 of which were demolished and 37 lost in flight without causing any damage.
Impacts on the regions of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Chekasy, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia were reported, the Air Force said in a telegram post.
Russia has intensified its long -range attacks in Ukraine during the past week, coinciding with the decision of President Donald Trump to stop all military aid and the exchange of intelligence with Ukraine in an attempt to force kyiv to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the three -year invasion of Moscow.
Residents are at the apartment building site run over a Russian missile strike in the city of Debropillia, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on March 8, 2025.
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On Friday night he saw Russia launch 145 drones and three missiles in Ukraine, said the Air Force. He informed to demolish 79 drones with another 54 lost in flight.
On Saturday, Ukraine said that 24 people were killed in drone strikes in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Odesa. Among the attacked places were residential buildings and a shopping center in the city of Donetsk of Debropillya, which was subjected to ballistic missiles and drone attacks.
Ukraine continued his own long -range attacks to Russia on Saturday night. The Russian Ministry of Defense said it demolished 88 Ukrainian drones in eight Russian regions, while the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency introduced temporary operational restrictions at airports in Astrakhan, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod.
The European allies of Ukraine issued fierce condemnations of the weekend attacks in Russia.
“This is what happens when someone postponed to the barbarians,” said Polish President Donald Tusk in X, adding: “More bombs, more aggression, more victims. Another tragic night in Ukraine.”
The main diplomat of the European Union, Kaja Kallas, wrote in X: “Russian missiles continue to fall tirelessly in Ukraine, bringing more death and more destruction.”
“Once again, Putin shows that he has no interest in peace,” he added. “We must intensify our military support; otherwise, even more Ukrainian civilians will pay the highest price.”
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, expressed his condolences to the victims of Saturday strikes in a publication to social networks. “Of course, we are doing everything possible to protect lives,” he wrote.
“I am grateful to all the leaders, all those diplomats in our partner countries, all the public figures that support Ukraine, who have condemned these Russian attacks and call all things for their names,” he added.
“It is essential that we continue to coordinate all our efforts with our partners to ensure that our defense works effectively and that we do everything to bring peace closer,” Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine is pressing for a resumption of military aid and the exchange of American intelligence, which were imposed after a disastrous meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy in the White House.
Explosions are seen in the city during a strike of Russian unmanned aircraft on kyiv, Ukraine, on March 8, 2025.
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Trump has entangled, and falsely, framed his Ukrainian counterpart as an illegitimate and Ukraine leader as the instigator of the Russian war. Ukrainian and European leaders have expressed concern about what they see as an alignment of the United States with the Russian narratives about the war from Trump’s return to the White House.
Ukrainian and American officials will meet in Saudi Arabia next week for discussions about the end of war. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will direct the United States delegation.
On Friday, Trump told journalists that “we are doing very well with Russia,” that according to him it was “bombarding Ukraine.”
When asked if he felt that Putin was exploiting the freezing of the United States in assistance in his intensified attacks against Ukraine, Trump added: “I actually believe that he is doing what anyone else would do … I think he wants him to stop and resolve.”
The president also again framed Ukraine as the main impediment of peace. “I find it more difficult, frankly, deal with Ukraine. And they don’t have the cards,” Trump said. “In terms of obtaining a final agreement, it may be easier to deal with Russia.”
ABC News Victoria Beaule contributed to this report.
