Russia launched a record number of drones at Ukraine overnight into Friday, striking multiple buildings and residential areas, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” towards a ceasefire deal in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

It was the latest in a series of almost weekly large-scale missile and drone attacks. President Trump said he “didn’t make any progress” with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

The American President is scheduled to speak with Zelensky on Friday.Hours after the phone call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, where the Russian President insisted to the American President that he will not back down from his military objectives,