{"id":8310,"date":"2025-02-23T21:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T21:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russia-launches-largest-drone-attack-on-ukraine-on-eve-of-third-year-of-war\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T21:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T21:42:37","slug":"russia-launches-largest-drone-attack-on-ukraine-on-eve-of-third-year-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russia-launches-largest-drone-attack-on-ukraine-on-eve-of-third-year-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia launches largest drone attack on Ukraine on eve of third year of war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Russia launched a record 267 drones into Ukraine overnight into Sunday destroying infrastructure and killing at least 3 people, one day before the world marks the third year of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Moscow&#8217;s full-scale<\/a><\/span> invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1893589416465035352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media<\/a> that it was &#8220;the largest attack since Iranian drones began hitting Ukrainian cities and villages.&#8221; Ukraine&#8217;s air force said 138 drones were shot down over 13 Ukrainian regions, with 119 more lost en route to their targets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Ukrainian firefighters respond to a fire after Russian shelling in Kostiantynivka \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/23\/dad7c436-836d-4439-a8be-6abb8c2df7a6\/thumbnail\/620x414\/bfb151c2b6a7666e6b2dd85b5d373cc5\/gettyimages-2200855529.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/23\/dad7c436-836d-4439-a8be-6abb8c2df7a6\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/23c2c53a02b1ab679a4a662f8fd99322\/gettyimages-2200855529.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire in a building destroyed after the Russian shelling of the city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine on Feb. 23, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Diego Herrera Carcedo\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three ballistic missiles had also been fired, the air force said. One person was killed in a missile strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih, according to the head of the Kryvyi Rih military administration.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said Russia has launched nearly 1,150 drones, more than 1,400 guided aerial bombs and 35 missiles this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every day, our people stand against aerial terror,&#8221; Zelenskyy wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>The attack came as leaders in Kyiv and across Europe are seeking to navigate rapid changes in U.S. foreign policy under President Trump, who in a matter of days has upended years of firm support for Ukraine, leading to fears that he would join with Moscow to force a settlement to the war without involving Ukraine and its European backers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump&#8217;s engagement with Russian officials and his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-russia-meeting-improving-relations-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">agreement to reopen diplomatic ties and economic cooperation<\/a><\/span> with Moscow marked a dramatic about-face in U.S. policy which previously <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-says-ukraine-started-war-despite-russia-invasion-blames-zelenskyy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sought to isolate Russia <\/a><\/span>and its president, Vladimir Putin, over the war.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Russia Ukraine War \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/23\/8253a4c0-5454-4630-b8e9-24374ab3ded1\/thumbnail\/620x465\/08dc0dd59387834c816cc779749f23b8\/ap25054441542945.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/23\/8253a4c0-5454-4630-b8e9-24374ab3ded1\/thumbnail\/1240x930\/5772c0c784d5285e49ec3794de7cbf7e\/ap25054441542945.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">A Ukrainian soldier passes by in partially occupied Toretsk, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Iryna Rybakova\/Ukraine&#8217;s 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zelenskyy has expressed fears that Trump pushing a quick resolution would result in lost territory for Ukraine and vulnerability to future Russian aggression, though U.S. officials have asserted that the Ukrainian leader would be involved if and when peace talks actually start.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must do everything possible to bring a lasting and just peace to Ukraine,&#8221; Zelenskyy wrote on social media on Sunday. &#8220;This is achievable through the unity of all partners\u2014we need the strength of all of Europe, the strength of America, the strength of everyone who seeks lasting peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump, however, prompted alarm and anger in Ukraine when this week he suggested that Kyiv had started the war, and that Zelenskyy was acting as a &#8220;dictator&#8221; since the country has not held elections in accordance with Ukrainian legislation prohibiting them during martial law.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s deputy foreign minister on Saturday said preparations were underway for a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-putin-summit-preparations-underway-russia-united-nations-resolution-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Trump-Putin meeting<\/a><\/span>, a further sign that the Russian leader&#8217;s isolation, at least for the Trump administration, was beginning to thaw. 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