The assault began around 2 a.m. on May 11, with Russian forces deploying 108 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy UAVs from multiple directions, Ukraine’s Air Force said.
"Think of the hundreds of thousands of lives that will be saved as this never ending 'bloodbath' hopefully comes to an end... I will continue to work with both sides to make sure that it happens."
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce called for "concrete proposals from both sides" in order for Washington to "move forward" in peace negotiations.
"If they speak to each other in Russian, he doesn't know what they are saying," one Western official told NBC News. Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, called Witkoff's approach "a very bad idea."
Tougher sanctions "should be applied to (Russia's) banking and energy sectors, targeting fossil fuels, oil, and the shadow fleet," the leaders of Ukraine, the U.K., France, Germany, and Poland said in a joint statement.
"Russia is ready for negotiations without any preconditions," Putin claimed in an address marking the end of the three-day Victory Day ceasefire. He invited Ukraine to begin talks in Istanbul on May 15.
While serving as a bishop in Peru, Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, called the full-scale war "a true invasion, imperialist in nature, where Russia seeks to conquer territory for reasons of power."
Speaking to CNN on May 10, Peskov commented on the latest ceasefire proposal from Ukraine and Europe, responding that Russia needs to "think about" it, but is "resistant" to pressure.
Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv on May 10, President Volodymyr Zelensky rebuked the idea of a demilitarized zone in the war and emphasized the importance of first securing a ceasefire.
Rescue workers in Kyiv Oblast search the rubble for victims following Russia's overnight drone attack on March 22. (Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine / Facebook)
Russia's overnight drone attack on Kyiv Oblast on March 22 resulted in nine fatalities and nine additional injuries, Kyiv Oblast Police Chief Andrii Nebytov reported on March 23.
Twenty individuals sought medical attention at the hospital for minor injuries sustained during the attack, Nebytov added.
One of the victims later found under the rubble was a 57-year-old woman who neglected to seek shelter during the air raid alarm.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine confirmed on March 23 that their search and rescue operation had officially ended.
Initially, the Kyiv Oblast Military Administration reported on March 22 that three people were reported killed and seven injured following the drone attack. According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, a dormitory and a school in Rzhyshchiv city were partially destroyed by the attack.
Russia launched 21 Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones to attack Ukraine overnight on March 22, according to the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces. Ukraine downed 16 of them, the military said.
The work of air defense was earlier reported in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Khmelnytskyi oblasts.
Serhii Popko, who heads the Kyiv Oblast Military Administration, said that all the drones aimed at the capital were downed.
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