Russia has attacked Ukraine for the third night in a row with 355 drones and nine missiles, while the Kremlin states it is still working on a peace agreement memorandum after over three years of war.
In this latest attack, after 1,188 days of war in Ukraine, the air raid alert lasted six hours in Kiev, causing fires and damage to private homes in the southern region of Odesa, as well as in the western region of Khmelnytskyi. Explosions were reported in districts of Kharkiv, while in the central region of Cherkasy, 25 Russian drones were neutralized.
The new Russian attack, the largest so far in the war, follows the Sunday night attack with 355 drones and nine cruise missiles against Ukraine, prompting the President of United States, Donald Trump, to say that Russian President, Vladimir Putin, "has gone completely crazy."
The Kremlin thanked the American people and Trump personally for their help in initiating peace negotiations but suggested that Trump and others might be "emotionally overloaded."
Meanwhile, Russia stated that they had shot down 96 Ukrainian drones, leading to some Moscow airports having to suspend their flights.
NATO Seeks Role for Zelensky at The Hague Summit
NATO is trying to include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in its annual summit at the end of June in The Hague, but initially, the plenary meeting will only include the heads of state and government of the 32 Alliance members, stated Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans, as reported by Efe.
Alliance members are still trying to find a way to include the Ukrainian leader at some point during the summit on June 24 and 25. "We are looking at how to give Zelensky and other Ukrainians a prominent place in the program," Brekelmans said on a Dutch public television program (WNL op Zondag).
However, his participation in the summit will probably not be in the plenary meeting with the 32 heads of state and government of NATO countries, unlike what happened at the previous summit in July last year in Washington, where the Ukrainian president did join the leaders of the member states in the main meeting.
According to the Dutch minister, the United States has raised objections to Zelensky joining the main session with NATO leaders, although he emphasized that "from the Netherlands' side, Zelensky is welcome at any meeting."