Drone Attacks Escalate Before Zelenskyj-Trump Meeting

The clashes between Ukraine and Russia have continued on Sunday. Both countries are reported to have attacked each other with drones.

» Published: August 17 2025 at 12:56

Drone Attacks Escalate Before Zelenskyj-Trump Meeting
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Ukrainian air force reports that Russia attacked Ukraine with 60 drones and an Iskander rocket. Five people are said to have been killed in the attack on the Donetsk region on Saturday.

Russian Ministry of Defense reports that Ukraine fired 46 drones at Russia, including over Novgorod, east of Moscow, hundreds of kilometers from Ukraine. One person is said to have been injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on a railway facility in the Russian region of Voronezh.

During the night towards Saturday, Swedish time, Russia's President Vladimir Putin met his American counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska. The meeting ended without an agreement on a ceasefire.

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