London – The Air Force in Ukraine said Russia fired more than 100 drones in Ukraine after a phone call ended between heads Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine Air Force wrote on Telegram that its forces shot down 35 Russian drones 108, which were launched in the country overnight, with 58 jams or neutralizing them in another way during the flight. The Air Force reported damage to the ground in four Ukrainian regions.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces had shot down eight Ukrainian drones overnight.
Done -border drone exchanges and increased size and development throughout the 3 -year -old war occur. Wabel came on Monday night, despite Trump’s recent assertion that the peace agreement between the two sides is possible, after a two -hour phone call to Putin.
“I think something will happen,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office after the call. “It is a very big arrogance concerned, I tell you, great arrogance is involved. But I think something will happen. If I think President Putin does not want to end with him, I will not talk about it because I will only withdraw.”
In this prejudices distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin was filmed during an event in Sochi, Russia, on May 19, 2025.
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Despite the failure of peace talks so far – including a chaotic meeting between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators in Istanbul, Turkey, last week – Trump is still confident of success.
In a publication of his social position on Monday, Trump said Russia and Ukraine “will start immediately” negotiations towards a ceasefire. Kyiv has repeatedly requested a 30 -day full pause to fight to facilitate peace talks. Carmamin may escape the proposal.
When asked if he had asked Putin to meet him during the call on Monday, Trump replied, “Of course.”
“I said,” When will we finish this, Vladimir? “Trump said.” I said, “When will we end this bloodshed, this bloodbath?” It is a bloodbath.
Putin’s statement showed any sign of concessions. “Russia’s position is clear,” the president said in a statement to the media after the call. Putin said in the Kremlin readings: “Eliminating the root causes of this crisis is the most important thing for us,” Putin said in the Kremlin readings.
Trump’s threats of new sanctions on Russia did not seem to have pushed the Kremlin away from the maximum goals of the war, which is mainly equivalent to Ukrainian surrender.
These demands include the inclusion of four Ukrainian regions partially occupied-in addition to keeping the Crimea semi-Peninsula, which Russia seized in 2014-the removal of militarization in Kiev, a permanent mass of Ukrainian joining NATO and “isolating the country”-which is a mysterious demand.
Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski – with whom Trump also spoke on Monday – sought to introduce Kiev as ready and ready to make peace, and instead, Putin’s framing as a major obstacle to the required Trump deal.
“This is a decisive time,” Zelinski wrote in a post to a telegram on Monday. “The world can now see whether its leaders have the ability to ensure an end to war and create a real and durable peace.”
“I assured President Trump that we in Ukraine are ready for a full and unconditional ceasefire, as we speak the United States, in particular,.”
A member of the volunteer unit for the mobile air defense stands next to a machine gun during a Russian drone attack in the Kiev region, Ukraine, on May 18, 2025.
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“It is important not to reduce this offer. If the Russians are not ready to stop the killings, there should be stronger sanctions on that. Pressing Russia will encourage him to make real peace – this is clear to everyone in the world,” he said.
“We must make sure that Russia is ready to hold such productive negotiations. It is very important for all that the United States is not distanced from negotiations and peace, because the only person interested in this is Putin.”
If Putin goes out or prevents real negotiations, Zelinski said: “America and the whole world behave accordingly, including the response with additional sanctions. Russia must end the war that has started, and it can do this on any day. Ukraine is always ready for peace.”
