Moscow launches 85 drones, 1 missile at Ukraine overnight

Moscow launches 85 drones, 1 missile at Ukraine overnight

The attack came hours after Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump held talks in Alaska.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched in February 2022, has killed thousands of people. (AP pic)
KYIV:
Russia launched 85 attack drones and a ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said today, hours after Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held their Alaska talks.

The highly anticipated meeting in the remote US state ended with no breakthrough in halting Russia’s more than three-year-long Ukraine invasion.

Ukraine’s air force said Moscow had “attacked with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 85 Shahed-type” drones, while also attacking “frontline areas” in four regions.

In its daily report, the air force said the attacks took place “on the night of Aug 16” and starting in the evening of Aug 15 – when Putin and Trump held their negotiations.

Kyiv said its air defences shot down 61 of the drones.

The Trump-Putin summit ended with no ceasefire announcement, despite the west pressing the Kremlin for months to commit to a halt in fighting.

Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky has not yet publicly reacted to the talks.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched by Putin in February 2022, has killed thousands.

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