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Russia pounds Kyiv with largest drone attack of the war — just hours after Trump's call with Putin
Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles on Friday in the largest attack of the war — just hours after President Trump admitted he was 'disappointed' with his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A total of 539 drones and 11 missiles were fired at Kyiv in the record attack — injuring at least 23 people and damaging scores of buildings across the capital, Ukraine's Air Force said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is due to speak to Trump later Friday about the war, slammed the attack as 'deliberately massive and cynical.'
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4 Smoke from the fire rises above residential apartment buildings after a Russian missile and drone attack on July 4, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine
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4 Flames and smoke billow from buildings during mass Russian drones and missile strikes on the Ukraine's capital on July 4, 2025.
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'Notably, the first air raid alerts in our cities and regions yesterday began to blare almost simultaneously with media reports discussing a phone call between President Trump and Putin,' Zelensky said on X.
'Yet again, Russia is showing it has no intention of ending the war and terror,' he added as he called for increased pressure on Russia to change its 'dumb, destructive behavior.'
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4 An elderly couple is seen crossing the sreet as smoke billows in the background from Russian strikes on Kyiv.
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The attack came soon after Trump said his call with Putin on Thursday resulted in no progress at all on efforts to end the war.
'I'm very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don't think he's there,' he told reporters. 'I'm just saying I don't think he's looking to stop, and that's too bad.'
4 Firefighters working on a fire at a site of a strike following a mass Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv.
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'I didn't make any progress with him at all,' he added.
With Post wires
