The dismal new record was set soon after news broke that the US and Ukraine were close to reaching a mineral rights deal, much to Putin’s chagrin, after US envoy to the Ukraine War Gen.

Russia has launched a record number of drones into Ukraine on the eve of the three-year anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Russia launched more than 200 drones in an overnight attack, the largest of the war, as he condemned Russia’s “aerial terror” and called for unity among Ukraine’s allies.