Russia launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine over the weekend, targeting the capital and other regions with missiles and drones.
It was the largest aerial assault in Russia’s three-year war on Ukraine.
Russia has been intensifying its aerial bombardment of Ukraine as international pressure mounts on Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept a ceasefire proposal.
“Each such terrorist attack by Russia is a sufficient reason for new sanctions against Russia. Russia is dragging out this war and continues to kill every day,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post on Sunday, May 25.
“The world may go on vacation, but the war continues, despite weekends and weekdays. This cannot be ignored. America’s silence, and the silence of others in the world, only encourages Putin,” he continued.
Later on Sunday, US President Donald Trump expressed frustration with Putin, saying, “We’re in the middle of talking, and he’s shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities.”
Ukraine’s Air Force said 367 aerial attack weapons — 69 missiles and 298 drones — were launched across 22 locations in Ukraine overnight into Sunday. It added 47 of those missiles and 266 drones were intercepted.
Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.
