Russia launches major aerial attack on Kyiv hours before high-level talks on support for Ukraine

Russia unleashed one of its largest aerial assaults on Ukraine in recent months hours before the UK and Germany chaired a meeting on Monday to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for NATO allies to provide Ukraine with weapons. The overnight drone and missile assault on Kyiv underscored the urgency of Ukraine’s need for further Western military aid, especially in air defense, a week after Trump said deliveries would arrive in Ukraine within days. At Monday’s meeting, Healey was expected to urge Ukraine’s Western partners to launch a “50-day drive” to get Kyiv the weapons it needs to fight Russia’s bigger army and force Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, the UK government said in a statement.