It started with a daring Ukrainian drone attack on airfields stretching from Siberia in the east to Murmansk in the north that Ukraine claims destroyed 41 large planes, or about one-third of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet.

An aide to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Medinsky, claims he held a separate meeting with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov in Istanbul, TASS reports. "There was a meeting. It played an important role in preparing the general negotiation session,

Though the knock-on effects are unclear, some military commentators have called the strike Russia's "Pearl Harbor." Hopes for direct peace talks, which resumed Monday, remain low.

Vladimir Putin has remained silent for over a day following a series of incidents in Russia. First, in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, railway bridges were blown up. Then, Russian strategic air force bases were subjected to an unprecedented strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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During the negotiations in Istanbul, Russia handed over its memorandum on ending the war to Ukraine. The document consists of two parts, states the head of the Russian delegation, aide to the Russian President,

Ukraine on Sunday committed a massive, "Pearl Harbor"-like drone strike on Russia so devastating that experts are expecting a furious reaction from Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We can expect a great deal of sound and fury from Moscow,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned President Donald Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin was grabbing pieces of Ukraine all the way back in 2016.

US President Donald Trump is open to a possible meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, according to the BBC.