“Russia launched 85 attack drones and a ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight,” Kyiv stated on Saturday (August 16, 2025), hours after Russian chief Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held their Alaska talks. The extremely anticipated assembly within the distant U.S. state ended with no breakthrough in halting Russia’s greater than three-year-long Ukraine invasion.
Ukraine’s airforce stated Moscow had “attacked with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 85 Shahed-type” drones, whereas additionally attacking “frontline areas” in 4 areas. In its day by day report, the airforce stated the assaults came about “on the night of August 16” and beginning within the night of August 15 — when Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump held their negotiations. Kyiv stated its air defences shot down 61 of the drones.
The Trump-Putin summit ended with no ceasefire announcement, regardless of the West urgent the Kremlin for months to decide to a halt in combating. Ukraine’s chief Volodymyr Zelensky has not but publicly reacted to the talks. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched by Putin in February 2022, has killed hundreds.
