Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Russia attacked Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine with hundreds of missiles and drones on Saturday, ahead of what President Volodymyr Zelensky said would be a crucial meeting with US President Donald Trump to work out a deal to end nearly four years of war.
Zelensky cast the vast overnight attack, which he said involved about 500 drones and 40 missiles and knocked out power and heat in parts of the capital, as Russia's response to the ongoing peace efforts brokered by Washington.
Before the strikes, the Ukrainian leader had said Sunday's talks in Florida would focus on the territory to be controlled by each side once fighting ends in Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two, started by Russia's 2022 invasion of its ...