Russia sent a record number of drones into Ukraine as Trump says Putin has 'gone crazy'

Russia overnight launched the biggest drone onslaught connected Ukraine successful the much than three-year war, a Ukrainian authoritative said Monday. President Donald Trump said Russian person Vladimir Putin has gone "crazy" by stepping up the bombing of Ukraine conscionable arsenic the U.S. tries to broker peace.

The Russian bombardment connected Sunday nighttime included 355 drones, Yuriy Ihnat, caput of the Ukrainian aerial force's communications department, told The Associated Press.

In this photograph taken from video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian serviceman bid to run subject drones successful an undisclosed location.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

The erstwhile night, Russia fired 298 drones and 69 missiles of assorted types astatine Ukraine successful what Ukrainians said was the largest combined aerial battle during the conflict. From Friday to Sunday, Russia launched astir 900 drones astatine Ukraine, officials said.

The escalation appeared to thwart hopes that Trump's bid efforts mightiness pb to a breakthrough successful the adjacent term, arsenic Putin looks determined to seizure much Ukrainian territory and inflict much damage.

Russia has this period breached its grounds for aerial bombardments of Ukraine 3 times. The enlargement of its aerial run came aft Kyiv successful March accepted an unconditional 30-day ceasefire projected by the U.S. but Moscow efficaciously rejected it.

Russia is besides inactive pushing on the astir 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) beforehand line, wherever it has made dilatory and costly progress, and is assembling its forces for a summertime offensive, Ukraine and subject analysts say.

"Only a consciousness of implicit impunity tin let Russia to transportation retired specified attacks and continually escalate their scale," Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote connected Telegram connected Monday. "There is nary important subject logic to this, but determination is sizeable governmental meaning."

He repeated his telephone for tighter planetary economical sanctions connected Russia arsenic a mode of ending the war, due to the fact that Russia's "desire to combat indispensable beryllium deprived of resources."

The European Union's apical diplomat, overseas argumentation main Kaja Kallas, connected Monday described the latest attacks connected Kyiv arsenic "totally appalling" and said the bloc intended to enforce much sanctions connected Russia.

Trump has threatened monolithic sanctions connected Moscow, too, but truthful acold hasn't taken action.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Putin makes decisions that are indispensable to guarantee Russia's information and that the attacks were Moscow's effect to heavy strikes by Ukraine.

Russia is grateful for American efforts to bring peace, which person included the countries' archetypal nonstop bid talks successful 3 years, Peskov said.

He said negotiations are astatine "a decisive infinitesimal that is linked to affectional overloading for everyone and affectional reactions."

The Ukrainian numbers for however galore drones and missiles were fired could not beryllium independently verified.

Trump made it wide helium is losing patience with Putin. "I've ever had a precise bully narration with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but thing has happened to him. He has gone perfectly CRAZY!" Trump wrote successful a societal media station connected Sunday night.

Trump said Putin is "needlessly sidesplitting a batch of people," pointing retired that "missiles and drones are being changeable into Cities successful Ukraine, for nary crushed whatsoever."

The U.S. president warned that if Putin wants to conquer each of Ukraine, it volition "lead to the downfall of Russia!" But Trump expressed vexation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arsenic well, saying that helium is "doing his Country nary favors by talking the mode helium does."

Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds much prisoners Sunday successful the 3rd and past portion of a large speech that was a uncommon infinitesimal of cooperation

Russia's Defense Ministry said each broadside exchanged 303 soldiers, pursuing the merchandise of 307 combatants and civilians each connected Saturday, and 390 connected Friday - the biggest full swap of the war.

In their talks held successful Istanbul earlier this month, Kyiv and Moscow agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners of warfare and civilian detainees each. The speech has been the lone tangible result from the talks.