Russia fired 273 exploding drones at multiple regions of Ukraine after President Donald Trump announced he would be speaking with Vladimir Putin on Monday.

But Russia's preferred deep-strike weapon — the Shahed drone — has gotten some major upgrades since the start of the year, including jet engines and Starlink satellite attachments, putting pressure on Ukraine's already strained air defense.

Putin was accompanied by Sergei Kiriyenko, the Kremlin first deputy chief of staff. In Ukraine, at least six servicemen were killed and 10 others wounded in a missile attack on Tuesday, Ukraine’s national guard said on Wednesday.

The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected Ukrainian and European accusations that it was stalling Ukraine peace talks, saying it plans to name its conditions for a ceasefire, but declining to give a time frame.

A Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv kills a mother and son, says Ukraine's President Zelensky The attacks happened hours before a three-day ceasefire, announced by Russia, is due to begin ...

The unilateral ceasefire coincides with the celebrations in Moscow for the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, Russia’s biggest secular holiday. Kyiv has pressed for a longer-term cease-fire.

A municipal worker clears rubble from a balcony after a Russian strike in Kyiv (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) Russia launched a pre-dawn ballistic missile and a barrage of drones at Ukraine’s capital on ...

VLADIMIR Putin is planning to test the launch of a ballistic missile capable of striking the UK in a chilling threat to the West. Ukraine’s military intelligence said that Russia plans to

The attacks came a day before a Russian-proposed cease-fire was to take effect and as Moscow prepared to welcome foreign dignitaries for a parade. By Andrew E. Kramer Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine ...