00:00But U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to speak by phone Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin,
00:07followed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and leaders of various NATO countries about ending the war in Ukraine.
00:14Trump said the call with Putin will be about stopping the bloodbath in Ukraine.
00:19Meanwhile, the talks in Istanbul on Friday broke up after less than two hours without a ceasefire,
00:24although most signs agree on exchanging a thousand prisoners of war each, according to the heads of both delegations.
00:33Trump wrote on X, formerly Twitter, quote,
00:36Hopefully it will be a productive day.
00:39A ceasefire will take place and this very violent war, a war that should have never happened, will end.
00:45On Sunday, Russia also launched one of its most intense drone attacks on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion.
00:54In 2022, Russia fired a total of 273 explosive drones and decoys overnight.
01:02Ukraine's Air Force said of those 88 were intercepted and the further 128 lost, likely having been electronically jammed.
01:12The attacks targeted the country's Kyiv and Donetsk region.
01:16According to data from Ukraine's Air Force, this will be the largest drone attack Russia has launched against Ukraine since the start of the war,
01:25but Ukrainian officials have not confirmed this.
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