RUSSIA could soon hammer Ukraine with 1,000 drones and missiles every day – as another deadly blitz landed overnight.
It was the second massive assault in the four days since Trump’s call with Putin, and represents a brazen defiance of the President’s peace agenda.
A fire rages following a strike on Odesa, where at least one person was killed[/caption]
Putin is cranking up the size of his assaults on Ukraine – in clear defiance against Trump’s continued peace efforts[/caption]
Moscow’s firepower capacity is constantly increasing and his forces have regularly broken the record for the largest daily volley of weapons in recent weeks.
On June 1, a 479-strong wave of drones and missiles became Russia‘s largest unmanned aerial assault of the war.
June 9 saw that broken with 499, then again on June 29 with 537.
And finally, just last Friday, Putin terrorised Kyiv with a firestorm of 550 drones and missiles – just as he and Trump finished a phone call.
Russia’s defence industry is ballooning as projects come to fruition – such as an expanded missile plant in Votkinsk and rapidly expanding supply chains.
With an expanding arsenal, the size of Russia’s regular salvos look set only to increase – meaning they could soon nudge 1000 weapons per day.
It’s a bleak prospect for Ukraine, where each wave brings pain and death.
Dozens of kamikaze drones and missiles landed this morning, killing at least three people – two in the weary Sumy region and on in Odessa.
There were also dozens of casualties in Ukraine‘s second city Kharkiv.
At least 27 were wounded, including children aged three, seven and 11, by the onslaught of Iranian-designed Shaded drones.
Two residential blocks were hit in Kharkiv, according to the regional administration, Oleh Syniehubov – with the top floors of one engulfed in flames.
Psychologists were dispatched to treat people traumatised by Putin’s latest strikes – which appeared to prioritise sowing terror among civilians
Kyiv was also hit, as was Dnipropetrovsk region, where the weapons injured two pensioners, a man aged 73 and a woman, 66.
In Donetsk, footage shows a Russian Gerber decoy drone was used as a strike weapon to slam into a residential building – triggering a giant explosion.
As Ukraine turned to Europe – especially Germany – for urgent new help with its air defences, Donald Trump insisted he has not abandoned Kyiv.
He said: “I am helping Ukraine. I help a lot.”
Trump also acknowledged the pounding that Ukraine is taking, despite his recent conversation with Putin.
The President said: “He [Zelensky] is being hit very hard – and I was very disappointed with my call with President Putin, I was very disappointed.”
Over the weekend, Trump said: “[Putin] wants to go all the way, just keep killing people, it’s no good.”
US special envoy Keith Kellogg will fly to Europe to meet Zelensky this week.
For its part, Ukraine hit warehouses at a chemical plant which produces ammunition and military-grade explosives for the Russian military machine.
Repeated explosions were heard at the Krasnozavodsk site, some 55 miles northeast of the Kremlin.
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The attack was carried out by Ukraine’s new FP-1 one‑way kamikaze loitering strike drones, which support warheads of up to 120kg.
Footage shows strikes at the strategic plant – the latest of dozens of Russian military factories to be hit by Ukraine.
Ukraine is also believed to be behind major airport disruption in European Russia over the weekend and early today.
Hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled amid concerns over drones.
Problems continued at Pulkovo airport in St Petersburg today, after major Moscow hub Sheremetyevo was badly hit on Sunday.
