Russia escalates drone assault as Trump frustration with Putin grows

Russia ramped up its drone assault on Ukraine on Sunday, one day after President Trump expressed a new skepticism about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interest in ending the 3‑year-old conflict.
The latest Russian strikes killed at least four people across Ukraine, officials said. Attacks targeted Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region and Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who met with Mr. Trump face-to-face at Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday, said Sunday that “more tangible pressure on Russia is needed” to create diplomacy and the situation remains “difficult.”

“Ukraine continues to defend its independence and its land in battles,” Mr. Zelenskyy said in a message posted on X. “The situation on the frontline and the real activity of the Russian army prove that the current global pressure on Russia is insufficient to bring this war to a …