Putin’s bloody reply to Trump, Zelensky? Kyiv burns hours after US talks, 100000 homes blacked out

Russia hammered Kyiv with hours of drone attacks shortly after Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky held fresh talks on ways to slow the Ukraine war. Ukrainian authorities say the strikes disrupted internet services for around 100,000 households in Kyiv and the surrounding region. Moscow says it targeted data centres and logistics facilities supporting Ukraine’s military, while Kyiv insists the affected infrastructure is critical for civilians and helps deliver life-saving missile and drone alerts. With Zelensky pushing an energy ceasefire and Trump trying to revive diplomacy, is Vladimir Putin choosing even greater military pressure instead?