Ukraine war latest: Trump warns Putin âplaying with fireâ after largest drone attack
War monitor says Russian aerial assault on Ukraine reached record levels in past week
Russian aerial attacks across Ukraine at record levels
Russia has increased its attacks on Ukraine in the past week to weaken Kyiv and "undermine" Western support for the war-hit nation, a think-tank has said.
âRussian forces conducted one of their largest drone and missile strikes of the war against Ukraine on the night of 25 to 26 May after three nights of record strikes,â the Institute for the Study of War said.
âThe 25-26 May strike is now the second largest combined strike of the war after Russian forces conducted the largest combined strike on the night of 24-25 May,â it added.
Russia is âmay be increasing strikes against Ukraine as part of a cognitive warfare effort to weaken Ukrainian resolve and undermine Western support for Ukraine,â the ISW said.
Arpan Rai28 May 2025 07:55
Putin's reluctance will prolong Ukraine war, warns Germany's MerzThe war in Ukraine is expected to persist due to Russia's reluctance to enter negotiations, Germany's chancellor Friedrich Merz said.
"Wars typically end because of economic or military exhaustion on one side or on both sides and in this war we are obviously still far from reaching that (situation)", Mr Merz said at a joint press conference with Finnish prime minister Petteri Orpo in Turku.
"So we may have to prepare for a longer duration," Mr Merz added.
Arpan Rai28 May 2025 07:40
Ukraine's air force says Russia launched 88 drones, five ballistic missiles overnightRussia launched 88 drones and five ballistic missiles in an overnight attack on Ukraine, Ukraine's air force said on Wednesday.
The military said its air defence units shot down 34 drones while another 37 drones were lost - in reference to the Ukrainian military using electronic warfare to redirect them - or they were drone simulators that did not carry warheads.
Tom Watling28 May 2025 07:26
Russia says it downs 296 Ukrainian drones overnightRussian air defence systems had downed 296 Ukrainian drones over 13 regions overnight, its defence ministry said.
Officials said these drones were downed over the Moscow region as well as the Bryansk, Belgorod, Vladimir, Voronezh, Ivanovo, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver and Tula regions.
In the previous week, a total of 2331 drones had been downed by Russian forces, including 1465 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, the countryâs defence ministry said.
Amid several rounds of failed talks for ceasefire, the war is intensifying as swarms of drones are being launched by both sides while fierce fighting is underway along key parts of the front.
Arpan Rai28 May 2025 07:17
US hits back at Russia for stoking Third World War fears: 'Reckless comment'US president Donald Trump's envoy Keith Kellogg has scolded a top Russian official for stoking fears of a Third World War.
Mr Trump took to Truth Social and said Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire" and cautioned that "REALLY BAD" things would have happened already to Russia if it was not for Mr Trump himself.
"What Vladimir Putin doesn't realise is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened in Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He's playing with fire," Mr Trump said in a Truth Social post yesterday.
Responding to Mr Trump, top Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said: "Regarding Trump's words about Putin 'playing with fire' and 'really bad things' happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing â WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!" Mr Medvedev wrote in a post on X.
US envoy Keith Kellogg quoted Mr Medvedev's post and called it reckless.
"Stoking fears of WW III is an unfortunate, reckless comment... and unfitting of a world power," Mr Kellogg said on X.
"President Trump @POTUS is working to stop this war and end the killing. We await receipt of RU Memorandum (Term Sheet) that you promised a week ago. Cease fire now,â he said.
US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg attends a meeting with US president Donald Trump (Getty Images )Arpan Rai28 May 2025 07:11
Donald Trump grows angrier as Vladimir Putin exposes his impotenceAs Washington settled in for a typically sleepy Memorial Day following the passage of Donald Trumpâs âbig, beautiful billâ in the House, the president fired off one of his trademark furious rants on Truth Social, but the target was a surprise.
This time, the target wasnât any of his domestic political foes â like the Democrats who voted in lockstep against the budget package he endorsed, or the handful of Republicans who refused to fall into line. It wasnât even aimed at the various law enforcement figures who have attempted to hold him to account over the years.
Sunday eveningâs rant was aimed squarely at Russian President Vladimir Putin. Despite what he called a âvery good relationshipâ with Putin, Trump in his latest statement on the Ukraine-Russia war blasted the Russian leader as âabsolutely crazy.â
Arpan Rai28 May 2025 06:58
US snaps at Russia for stoking World War fears: 'Reckless comment'US president Donald Trump's envoy Keith Kellogg has scolded a top Russian official for stoking fears of a Third World War.
Mr Trump took to Truth Social and said Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire" and cautioned that "REALLY BAD" things would have happened already to Russia if it was not for Mr Trump himself.
"What Vladimir Putin doesn't realise is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened in Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He's playing with fire," Mr Trump said in a Truth Social post yesterday.
Responding to Mr Trump, top Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said: "Regarding Trump's words about Putin 'playing with fire' and 'really bad things' happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing â WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!" Mr Medvedev wrote in a post on X.
US envoy Keith Kellogg quoted Mr Medvedev's post and called it reckless.
"Stoking fears of WW III is an unfortunate, reckless comment... and unfitting of a world power," Mr Kellogg said on X.
"President Trump @POTUS is working to stop this war and end the killing. We await receipt of RU Memorandum (Term Sheet) that you promised a week ago. Cease fire now,â he said.
Arpan Rai28 May 2025 06:53
Germany hosts Zelensky today for bilateral talksUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to arrive in Berlin today for talks with German chancellor Friedrich Merz.
According to a statement, Mr Merz will receive Mr Zelensky with military honours at the Federal Chancellery at noon (10am GMT).
The newly-inducted German chancellor has ramped up the countryâs efforts to help Ukraine fight back against Russian aggression, aligning his efforts with those of the British and the French governments.
On Monday, Mr Merz said his country and other major allies are no longer imposing any range restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion.
It was unclear whether this represented a change in policy.
Germany has been the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States since the full-scale war began in February 2022.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and German chancellor Friedrich Merz shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv (AP )Arpan Rai28 May 2025 06:29
US says Russia should focus on ending war, not Trump's social mediaRussia should focus less on president Donald Trumpâs social media posts and more on ending its war against Ukraine, US state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said last night.
"If the Russians cared about the nature of how [peace efforts are] proceeding, they would be thinking less about [the presidentâs statements] and more about what they could do â which is in their hands â to stop the carnage and the slaughter thatâs happening right now," Ms Bruce said in a press briefing.
The remarks from the US state department come shortly after the Kremlin blamed Mr Trumpâs recent remarks on Vladimir Putin on âemotional overloadâ.
Mr Trump said the Russian president had gone âabsolutely crazyâ after the weekend bombardment of Ukraine that killed at least 12 people.
US state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce briefs media (Middle East Images/AFP via Getty)Arpan Rai28 May 2025 05:58
âAmple evidenceâ Russia preparing fresh offensive despite talk of ceasefire, claims ZelenskyâWe can see from the information obtained by intelligence and from open-source data that Vladimir Putin and his entourage do not plan to end the war,â the Ukrainian president said in his nightly address on Monday.
âThere is currently no indication that they are seriously considering peace or diplomacy. On the contrary, there is ample evidence that they are preparing new offensive operations.â
Russian troops have increased their attacks in Ukraineâs eastern Donetsk region in recent weeks, targeting an area 30 miles long between the two cities of Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka, analysts tracking the front line have told The Independent.
Arpan Rai28 May 2025 05:50
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