Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine late on Saturday night, deploying some 90 missiles, 600 drones and an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile. Most of the targets were in Kyiv and the surrounding area. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs later warned that more attacks on the “decision-making centres” would follow and called on foreign nationals to leave as soon as possible. The EU rejected the demands. Kremlin pinning last hope on TrumpJOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Writing on Facebook, sociologist Igor Eidman sees the threat of more attacks as a sign of Russian despondency (Russia): “It is finally clear that the Kremlin is not trying to intimidate the Ukrainians (they refuse to be intimidated – it’s not as if Kyiv has not been shelled before), but Trump. As if to say, ‘We’re going to blast them really hard now so that your failure as a ‘peacemaker’ becomes glaringly obvious’. The idiots hope that Trump can force Zelensky to surrender. This is Russia’s last chance. Otherwise the war will have to end. Because the tide has turned on the front – in favour of the Ukrainians, who at this stage are liberating more territory than they are losing. When it comes to the economy and the mood among the Russian people, the situation looks pretty bleak for Putin.” Hardly a “monstrous attack” on the capital The Aargauer Zeitung caps the hyperbole on Sunday’s attack, especially as regards the use of the expensive Oreshnik missile (Switzerland):