With diplomatic efforts to reach a cease-fire appearing remote, Russia has been escalating its assaults on Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he is considering more sanctions on Moscow after Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities over the weekend, including the capital Kyiv.
Russian forces conducted one of their largest drone and missile strikes of the war against Ukraine on the night of May 25 to 26 after three nights of record strikes, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Following the strikes, President Trump posted on social media that Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY!”
The Kremlin claimed Trump was showing signs of “emotional overload”.
Ukraine and its European allies have sought to push Moscow into signing a 30-day ceasefire as a first step to negotiating an end to the three-year war.
But Putin has only said Russia will work with Ukraine to craft a “memorandum” on a “possible future peace” - a move described by Kyiv and its European allies as delaying tactics.
