Hours after Pres. Trump railed against Vladimir Putin, saying "he’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless," Russia unleashed more than 700 drones into Ukraine.

In a significant escalation, Russia executed its largest drone strike on Ukraine, deploying 728 drones and 13 missiles, resulting in at least one civilian death in Khmelnytskyi. This attack followed US President Trump's commitment to increase military assistance to Ukraine and his criticism of Putin's sincerity regarding peace negotiations.