At least 11 people were killed and a landmark cathedral was set ablaze after Russia fired hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine’s largest cities overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials said Monday.
The attacks on the capital, Kyiv, and the second-largest city, Kharkiv, came after Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke separately by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump Sunday.
The exchange suggests Washington hasn’t given up on its diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting that followed Moscow's all-out invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.
The war in Ukraine is also set to feature in talks between G-7 leaders at a summit in France Tuesday. Zelenskyy and Trump are due to attend the gathering, as the Ukrainian leader pushes to keep the war on leaders' minds while the Iran war diverts international attention from Ukraine's plight.
"This is how Russia shows the world its intention to continue the war," Zelenskyy said in a post on X, referring to the overnight attack.
