The latest air attack with hundreds of drones and missiles launched against Kiev and other cities in Ukraine proves once again that Russia does not want peace. This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Sofia joins the international community's calls for an immediate 30-day ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful negotiations.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that if Russia does not stop this “senseless and brutal aggression“ against Ukraine, the EU will continue to strengthen its sanctions.
🇧🇬 adds it's voice to the overwhelming calls of the international community for an immediate 30-day ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful negotiations. If 🇷🇺 doesn't stop with this senseless and brutal aggression, the EU should continue ramping up its sanctions. 2/2
— MFA Bulgaria (@MFABulgaria) May 26, 2025
Russia has launched a new night-time wave of air strikes using large groups of combat drones, Ukrainian authorities said early this morning. On Sunday, 367 Russian drones and missiles were fired at Ukraine. It was the deadliest airstrike since the start of the full-scale war. Ukrainian President Zelensky has accused Russia of terrorism and called on the West to put more pressure on Moscow, imposing tougher sanctions on the Russian aggressor.
The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaia Kalas expressed hope today that international partners will follow the European example and increase pressure on Russia over the war in Ukraine. The strikes on Kiev are terrifying, Russia is visibly increasing pressure on Ukraine, Kalas said before the start of today's meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. It is up to us to put pressure on Russia so that Moscow can also wish for peace, she added, quoted by BTA. The EU is ready to increase pressure on Russia, we hope other international partners will follow us, Kalas said. Last week, she announced that the EU had approved new sanctions on Russia and was preparing additional measures, which are expected to include a reduction in the price ceiling for Russian oil on international markets and restrictions on the development of the "Nord Stream" gas pipeline.
US President Donald Trump made it clear that he was losing patience with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, issuing one of his sharpest criticisms of him after Russia continued to bombard Kiev and other Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles for a third consecutive night, the Associated Press reported, BTA reported. “I have always had a very good relationship with Russian (President) Vladimir Putin, but something has happened to him. He has gone completely INSANE“, Trump wrote on social networks.
In his post, Trump says that Putin “needlessly kills a lot of people“ and that “missiles and drones are being fired at cities in Ukraine for no reason“. According to Ukrainian officials, the attack on Sunday night, which killed at least 12 people and injured dozens, was the largest since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.
US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, said yesterday that the latest massive Russian attack on Ukrainian territory is a "clear violation" of the 1977 Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, Ukrinform reported.
Kellogg called for an immediate ceasefire. The White House envoy posted a photo of the Ukrainian capital Kiev in flames on the "Ex" social platform, Ukrinform reported. "This is Kiev. "The impunity with which women and children are being killed in the middle of the night in their homes is a clear violation of the 1977 Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, which are designed to protect innocent civilians," Kellogg said, apparently referring to the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, relative to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (signed June 8, 1977). He added that these attacks were disgraceful, the Ukrainian news agency reported. "Stop the killing. Ceasefire now," Trump's envoy urged.