Russia said on Sunday that the Ukrainian large-scale attacks on its cities will not change its war aims.
Speaking to Russia's TASS News Agency on Sunday regarding Moscow's response to Ukrainian strikes on Saint Petersburg, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Ukrainian attacks cannot change the course of events.
Peskov said that Russia has been continuously responding to Ukraine's actions with systematic, massive strikes that are delivering clear results.
Multiple Russian regions came under drone attacks from Saturday night to Sunday morning, with Russian air defense forces shooting down over 1,000 Ukrainian drones overnight, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The ministry said Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia's Belgorod, Bryansk, Leningrad and Moscow regions, as well as over the Black Sea. TASS news agency described the drone assault as one of the largest strikes this year.
Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, was hit by a drone attack in the early hours of Sunday, leaving one person dead and five others injured, said St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media platform X on Sunday that he had held a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump's representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to discuss the next steps in diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine crisis.
Noting that both sides reviewed their earlier meeting in Florida on Oct. 9 and outlined upcoming diplomatic steps, Zelenskyy said that the U.S. stance is vital for Ukraine's air defense capabilities, and that Ukraine remains committed to honest, constructive cooperation with the United States.
Russia says Ukrainian large-scale attacks not to change its war aims
