At least four dead in Russian strike on Kyiv days after Putin vowed revenge for Ukrainian attack on Kremlin bombers
Russian attacks on Kyiv overnight have killed at least four people and injured 20 more.
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The Kremlin launched a wave of drone strikes on Ukraine’s capital late on Thursday night, forcing residents to flee underground to shelter.
Elsewhere, Vladimir Putin’s forces fired at least 15 drones and six missiles at the northwestern city of Lutsk, injuring five people.
This wave of Russian strikes comes after Putin vowed to respond to Ukraine’s unprecedented attack on Kremlin bombers last week.
On Thursday, Russia killed at least six people, including a baby, in strikes on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky.
The deadly attack came just hours after President Donald Trump shared a phone call with Putin, where the Russian leader vowed to take revenge for Ukraine’s recent attack on a Kremlin military base.
According to Trump, Putin told him that Russia would respond "very strongly" to a Ukrainian attack on its airfields over the weekend.
Ukraine targeted more than 40 stationary Russian bomber planes in a large-scale drone attack, which Zelenskyy celebrated as an ‘absolutely brilliant result’.
117 drones were smuggled inside special containers on trucks before they were flown out of them, according to a Ukrainian government source.
The attack is understood to be a major breach of Russia's natural defences, and will degrade the Russian military's ability to strike Ukraine with missiles.
The US president warned in a social media post that Putin would respond to the attack.
He wrote: "it was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace."
It was Trump's first known call with Putin in over two weeks, since their call on May 19 which Trump described as ‘excellent’ at the time.
But Trump appears no closer to achieving a ceasefire in Ukraine, something he promised to do ‘on day one’ of his second term in the White House, during his presidential campaign.