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Moscow fired more than 100 drones into Ukraine overnight following the conclusion of President Trump’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyiv said. The Ukrainian Air Force

recorded 108 UAVs soaring across the border Monday night, causing damage across four regions in the latest aerial clash after Trump touted that peace talks would “immediately” resume between

Moscow and Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia’s latest assault was clear evidence that Putin has no intention of ending the bloodshed, accusing the Kremlin head of

wanting to conquer as much territory as possible. “It is obvious that Russia is trying to buy time in order to continue its war and occupation,” Zelensky said in a statement Tuesday. The

overnight drone strike saw Ukraine’s Air Force shoot down at least 35 UAVs, with another 58 successfully jammed and neutralized while mid-flight, Kyiv said. EXPLORE MORE The attack came just

two days after the Kremlin fired a record 273 exploding drones into Ukraine, killing at least one woman in Kyiv, local officials said. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that it also shot down

eight Ukrainian drones during the skirmish. The cross-border drone exchange occurred just after Trump concluded his two-hour phone call with Putin over the war in Ukraine, which has raged on

for more than three years. Despite Trump’s claim that cease-fire talks would restart right away, Putin doubled down in rejecting the US-backed cease-fire agreement, saying Moscow was not

ready to sit down for talks until the “root cause” of the war was addressed. Russia has also shown no hints that it will make any concessions in the peace talks, with Moscow demanding full

annexation of all the Ukrainian territories it is currently occupying, as well as the demilitarization of Ukraine. Putin has also demanded that Ukraine be permanently blocked from ever

joining NATO, a condition Zelensky has slammed as a non-starter given that it remains his country’s best chance at avoiding a future invasion. Zelensky has called on Trump and European

leaders to put more pressure on Moscow to secure a cease-fire and force Putin to join the negotiating table. “If Russia refuses to stop the killings, refuses to release prisoners of war and

hostages, if Putin puts forward unrealistic demands, this will mean that Russia continues to drag out the war, and deserves that Europe, America, and the world act accordingly, including

with further sanctions,” the Ukrainian president said.