
Russia launches major aerial attack on Kyiv
In Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district, a drone struck the entrance to a subway station where people had taken cover.
Videos posted on social media showed the station platform engulfed by smoke, with dozens of people inside.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the station had to be ventilated in what he called an 'enhanced mode'.
The heaviest strikes hit Kyiv's Darnytskyi district, where a nursery, supermarket and warehouse facilities caught fire.
The hours-long drone and missile assault on Kyiv overnight into Monday underscored the urgency of Ukraine's need for further Western military aid, especially in air defence, a week after Mr Trump said deliveries would arrive in Ukraine within days.
The virtual meeting will be led by British Defence Secretary John Healey and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius.
Mr Healey said US defence secretary Pete Hegseth and Nato leader Mark Rutte, as well as Nato's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Alexus Grynkewich, will attend the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group.
Moscow has intensified its long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities, and analysts say the barrages are likely to escalate as Russian drone production expands.
In a shift of tone towards Russia, the US president last week gave Moscow a 50-day deadline to agree to a ceasefire or face tougher sanctions.
At Monday's meeting, Mr Healey was expected to urge Ukraine's Western partners to launch a coincidental '50-day drive' to get Kyiv the weapons it needs to fight Russia's bigger army and force Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, the UK Government said in a statement.
Mr Trump's arms plan, announced a week ago, involves European nations sending American weapons to Ukraine via Nato – either from existing stockpiles or buying and donating new ones.
The US president indicated discussions were partly focused on advanced Patriot air defence systems and said a week ago that deliveries would begin 'within days'.
But last week various senior officials suggested no transfers had yet taken place.
Gen Grynkewich told The Associated Press on Thursday that 'preparations are under way' for weapons transfers to Ukraine while US ambassador to Nato Matthew Whitaker said he could not give a time frame.
Germany has said it offered to finance two new Patriot systems for Ukraine and raised the possibility of supplying systems it already owns and having them replaced by the US.
But delivery could take time, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested, because 'they have to be transported, they have to be set up; that is not a question of hours, it is a question of days, perhaps weeks'.
Other Patriot systems could come thanks to Switzerland, whose defence ministry said on Thursday it was informed by the US Defence Department that it will 'reprioritise the delivery' of five previously ordered systems to support Ukraine.
While Ukraine waits for Patriots, a senior Nato official said the alliance is still co-ordinating the delivery of other military aid – such as ammunition and artillery rounds – which includes aid from the US that was briefly paused.
Mr Zelensky said on Saturday that his officials have proposed a new round of peace talks this week.
Russian state media on Sunday reported that no date has yet been set for the negotiations, but said that Istanbul would probably remain the host city.
The Kremlin spokesman said on Sunday that Russia is open to peace with Ukraine, but achieving its goals remains a priority.
The overnight Russian barrage of Kyiv began shortly after midnight and continued until around 6am.
Residents of the capital were kept awake by machine gun fire, buzzing drone engines, and multiple loud explosions.
It was the first major attack on Kyiv since Mr Trump's special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg arrived in the city last Monday.
Russia halted strikes on Kyiv during his visit.
Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 426 Shahed and decoy drones overnight into Monday, as well as 24 missiles of various types.
It said 200 drones were intercepted with 203 more jammed or lost from radars.
Ukraine, meanwhile, continued to deploy its domestically produced long-range drones.
Russia's Ministry of Defence said that its forces shot down 74 Ukrainian drones overnight, with almost a third of them destroyed close to the Russian capital.
Twenty-three drones were shot down in the Moscow region, the ministry said, 15 of which were intercepted over the city itself.
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