Russia hits Ukraine with massive drone attack, as Trump doubts Putin's desire for peace

The Associated Press

· Posted: Apr 27, 2025 2:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

Russia launched a sweeping drone battle and airstrikes crossed Ukraine aboriginal Sunday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 4 people, officials said, aft U.S. President Donald Trump formed uncertainty implicit Russian President Vladimir Putin's willingness to extremity the war.

Three radical died and 4 were wounded successful airstrikes connected Kostyantynivka, successful the Donetsk portion of eastbound Ukraine, the determination prosecutor's bureau said. Another idiosyncratic died and a 14-year-old miss was wounded successful a drone onslaught connected the metropolis of Pavlohrad, successful the Dnipropetrovsk region, which was deed for the 3rd consecutive night, Gov. Serhiy Lysak said.

The attacks came hours aft Russia claimed to person regained power implicit the remaining parts of the Kursk portion that Ukrainian forces seized successful a astonishment incursion successful August 2924. Ukrainian officials said the warring successful Kursk was inactive ongoing.

Trump said connected Saturday helium doubts Putin wants to extremity the much than three-year-old war, expressing caller skepticism a bid woody tin beryllium reached soon. Only a time earlier, Trump had said Ukraine and Russia were "very adjacent to a deal."

"There was nary crushed for Putin to beryllium shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, implicit the past fewer days," Trump wrote successful a societal media station arsenic helium flew backmost to the United States aft attending the ceremonial of Pope Francis astatine the Vatican, wherever helium met concisely with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump besides hinted astatine further sanctions against Russia.

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The Trump-Zelenskyy speech was the archetypal face-to-face brushwood betwixt the 2 leaders since their heated Oval Office gathering astatine the White House connected Feb. 28.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said connected Sunday the coming week would beryllium "very critical" and that the U.S. would request to "make a determination astir whether this is an endeavour that we privation to proceed to beryllium progressive in."

Asked connected NBC's Meet the Press about imaginable concessions to Russia, Rubio emphasized the request to beryllium "grown-ups and realistic."

"There is nary subject solution to this war. The lone solution to this warfare is simply a negotiated colony wherever some sides are going to person to springiness up thing they assertion to privation and are going to person to springiness the different broadside thing they privation they didn't," helium said.

Russia fired 149 exploding drones and decoys successful the latest question of attacks, the Ukrainian aerial unit said, adding that 57 were intercepted and different 67 jammed.

One idiosyncratic was wounded successful drone attacks connected the Odesa region, and different was wounded successful the metropolis of Zhytomyr. Four radical were besides wounded successful a Russian airstrike connected the metropolis of Kherson connected Sunday, section officials said.

Russia's Defence Ministry said aerial defences changeable down 5 Ukrainian drones successful the borderline portion of Bryansk, arsenic good arsenic 3 drones implicit the Crimean Peninsula, which was illegally annexed by Russia successful 2014.

Five radical were wounded erstwhile Ukrainian forces shelled the metropolis of Horlivka successful the partially occupied Donetsk region, Ivan Prikhodko, the Russian-installed mayor, said.