A YEAR AGO, for 30 drones to strike Ukraine in a single night was considered exceptional. Now Russia is saturating Ukraine’s air defences with hundreds of them. On May 25th the Kremlin pummelled the country,

President Trump criticized Putin's deadly missile strikes on Ukraine on Sunday, saying that he had "always gotten along with him" but that he condemns the attacks.

Russia launched one of its biggest combined drone and ballistic missiles strikes on Kyiv overnight Friday, causing fatalities, Ukrainian authorities have said. Many people were also injured and video shared on social media showed explosions, buildings on fire and the aftermath of the strikes. Russia also attacked several other regions in Ukraine.

The Defence Ministry reported its air defence units intercepted or destroyed 95 Ukrainian drones over a four-hour period. That included two near Moscow but most were over Russia's central and southern regions.