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Russia fires another record number of drones into Ukraine

Updated on: 27 May,2025 07:20 AM IST  |  Kyiv
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US President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin has gone “crazy” by stepping up the bombing of Ukraine while the US tries to broker peace

Russia fires another record number of drones into Ukraine

A residential building damaged following a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. PIC/AFP

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Russia overnight launched the biggest drone attack on Ukraine in the more than three-year war, a Ukrainian official said on Monday. The Russian bombardment on Sunday night included 355 drones, Yuriy Ihnat, head of the Ukrainian air force’s communications department, said.

Russia also fired nine cruise missiles during the attack, Ukrainian authorities said. Officials reported some civilians were injured. No deaths were immediately reported. US President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin has gone “crazy” by stepping up the bombing of Ukraine while the US tries to broker peace.


On Saturday night, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other regions came under a massive Russian combined drone and missile attack that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens. Ukrainian officials had described that bombardment as Russia’s largest aerial assault during the conflict, using 69 missiles of various types and 298 drones.



Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Sunday in the third and last part of a major exchange that was a rare moment of cooperation. Russia’s Defence Ministry said each side exchanged 303 soldiers, following the release of 307 combatants and civilians each on Saturday, and 390 on Friday — the biggest total swap of the war.

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