Ukraine reported an overnight barrage of Russian drones on Sunday, just hours after United States President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral.
Moscow launched 149 exploding drones and decoys against Ukraine, 57 of which were intercepted and another 67 jammed, the Associated Press reported. At least four people were killed across the country.
After meeting briefly with Zelenskyy in Rome on Saturday, Trump said that he was beginning to question whether Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to end the war.
“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days,” Trump said in a post on TruthSocial, referring to an earlier Russian attack on Kyiv that killed at least eight people.
“It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently,” Trump said, adding that Washington would consider additional sanctions against Russia.
Trump’s chat with Zelenskyy earlier Saturday in Rome was the first encounter between the two leaders since their disastrous meeting at the White House in February. The Ukrainian president called it a “good meeting” and sounded encouraged in a social media post later in the day.
“Hoping for results on everything we covered,” Zelenskyy said in his post. “Protecting lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting peace that will prevent another war from breaking out,” he said.
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