LONDON — Russia launched dozens of drones into Ukraine in a single day, the air drive in Kyiv mentioned, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ready for a gathering with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida.
Ukraine’s air drive reported 48 Russian drones fired into the nation from Saturday night time into Sunday morning, of which 30 had been shot down or suppressed. Eighteen drones impacted throughout 9 areas, the air drive mentioned.
The newest barrage caps an intense week of long-range Russian assaults, by which a minimum of 1,810 drones and missiles have been fired, in accordance with Ukrainian air drive knowledge analyzed by ABC Information.
Saturday night time’s strikes got here after Zelenskyy arrived in North America for additional talks on a possible deal to finish Russia’s full-scale invasion, which started in February 2022.
This {photograph} exhibits automobiles with headlights driving down a non-illuminated highway throughout an influence outage in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 27, 2025.
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Zelenskyy met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Saturday. On Sunday, Zelenskyy is because of meet Trump on the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Seaside, Florida.
Zelenskyy informed journalists in a WhatsApp chat on Saturday that Ukraine can solely transfer towards peace if there are robust, authorized safety ensures from the U.S. and Europe. Ukraine has agreed to “many alternative compromises,” Zelenskyy added, stressing that these solely make sense if the nation is totally shielded from the day after a ceasefire.
Zelenskyy mentioned the success of the continuing talks is determined by the continued assist of Western allies. “If the entire world — Europe and America — is on our aspect, collectively we’ll cease Putin,” he mentioned. “If anybody — whether or not the U.S. or Europe — is on Russia’s aspect, this implies the struggle will proceed.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the meantime, claimed Saturday the West is providing Ukraine favorable circumstances on safety, reconstruction and relations with Russia, however advised that Kyiv doesn’t need a peaceable settlement.
In remarks made throughout a go to to a army command publish, Putin mentioned Russia will obtain its goals by army means if Ukraine’s management doesn’t conform to a peace deal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Halifax, Canada, on, Dec. 27, 2025.
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Zelenskyy has likewise been skeptical of Putin’s supposed readiness to finish Russia’s invasion. Zelenskyy described Moscow’s huge mixed missile and drone strike in a single day on Friday because the Russian chief’s “reply to peace.”
On Saturday, Zelenskyy mentioned Russia’s continued assaults present “the actual perspective of Putin and his entourage. They do not need to finish the struggle and try to make use of each alternative to inflict extra ache on Ukraine and improve their strain on others on the planet.”
Ukraine continued its personal long-range strike marketing campaign in opposition to Russia into Sunday morning. Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned its forces downed a minimum of 25 Ukrainian drones in a single day.
Momentary flight restrictions had been launched at airports in Samara, Ulyanovsk, Penza, Yaroslavl and Kaluga, Russia’s federal air transport company — Rosaviatsiya — reported.
