{"id":5892,"date":"2026-05-13T18:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5892"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:02:47","slug":"russia-fires-about-800-drones-at-ukraine-despite-recent-talk-by-putin-and-trump-of-possible-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5892","title":{"rendered":"Russia fires about 800 drones at Ukraine despite recent talk by Putin and Trump of possible peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON<\/strong><\/p>\n

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Russia fired at least 800 drones in a massive daytime barrage on about 20 regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, including children, in one of the longest attacks by Moscow in the 4-year-old war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.<\/p>

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The attack began in midmorning and lasted for hours in the capital of Kyiv, the western city of Lviv near Poland, and the port of Odesa on the Black Sea, among other population centers, Zelanskyy said on the Telegram messaging app.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur soldiers are defending Ukraine, but Russia\u2019s obvious goal is to overload air defenses,\u201d Zelenskyy said, as the bombardment stretched into the late afternoon. He cautioned that a cruise and ballistic missile attack could follow the drone barrage.<\/p>\n

It was \u201cone of the longest, massive Russian attacks against Ukraine,\u201d he said on social media.<\/p>\n

Drone debris fell in an open area in Kyiv\u2019s Obolonskyi district with no casualties, city officials said, as air defense systems engaged Russian drones over the capital. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said emergency services responded to the scene. Explosions were heard across the city earlier Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Three people were killed in a drone attack in the Rivne region west of Kyiv, according to Oleksandr Koval, head of the regional military administration.<\/p>\n

Moscow\u2019s attacks are unrelenting, even as Ukraine is emboldened by its recent military accomplishments and as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said \u2014 without providing evidence \u2014 that the war could be approaching an end.<\/p>

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On Tuesday, Zelenskyy said, 14 Ukrainian regions came under attack, followed by overnight strikes on Ukraine\u2019s residential, energy and railway infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to support Ukraine and not remain silent about Russia\u2019s war. Every time the war disappears from the top of the news, it encourages Russia to become even more savage,\u201d Zelenskyy said, apparently referring to the world\u2019s attention being focused on the Iran war.<\/p>\n