It was the latest in a series of almost weekly large-scale missile and drone attacks. President Trump said he “didn’t make any progress” with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

Russia launched a record number of drones at Ukraine overnight into Friday, striking multiple buildings and residential areas, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” towards a ceasefire deal in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes that Russia's brutal attacks on Ukraine and US President Donald Trump's talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin may be related, reports Tagesschau, citing German government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius.