President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces fired more than two hundred drones at Ukrainian cities within hours of the three-day American-brokered ceasefire ending — a pace that, by Kyiv's account, was higher than in the days before the truce began.
Moscow's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin had no 'specifics' on a path to ending Europe's largest war since 1945, despite remarks last week from President Vladimir Putin suggesting the conflict could be 'winding down.'
Inside Ukraine, the political reading is unforgiving: the truce is being interpreted not as a step toward negotiation but as a tactical pause used by Russia to reset its long-range strike rotation. Air defence officials report a noticeable shift toward decoy swarms designed to exhaust Western-supplied interceptors.
Washington's posture remains studied. The administration has neither blamed Moscow for the resumption nor signalled new pressure. Allied capitals describe a holding pattern that may not survive the summer.
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