For the past few months, Russia has been striking more than 1,000 drones every week targeting military and civilian areas in Ukraine. Last week alone, Russia attacked Ukraine using more than 300 drones in one night. But on Sunday, Ukraine also launched a drone attack targeting bombers stationed at a Russian military air base. In this drone attack, Russia lost more than 12 bombers worth millions of dollars.

With the latest drone attack in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump's mediation for Russia-Ukraine peace will also be affected. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Trump that he will retaliate for the attack on his bombers. Trump spoke with Putin on Wednesday after Sunday's Ukrainian attack. "This has clearly dimmed the already weak hopes for a cease-fire," he said, adding, "President Putin has said that he must respond to the recent attacks on his airspace." Also, Ukraine has already agreed to a ceasefire proposal a week ago. But Russia has not responded to that either. However, Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired back at each other on Wednesday. Both have accused each other of intensifying their attacks and disrupting the prospects for peace.

On Wednesday, Trump and Putin had an hour-long phone conversation. To which Trump responded that even if it was a good conversation, it would not lead to immediate peace.

Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Usakov briefed reporters about the phone conversation. But he declined to say whether Putin had said anything to Trump about retaliating against Ukraine. He called Ukraine's attacks on Russian railways and other sensitive areas as 'terrorism'. Putin told Trump that talks with Ukraine were "useful" and would continue. It's not that we can't negotiate to reach some kind of solution,' Usakov said. Both the United States and Russia have said that there has been an optimistic discussion about giving priority to Iran's nuclear capability in the foreign policy of both countries. 

President Trump's advisers say he is angry with the leaders of both Ukraine and Russia, but he has long been slightly more angry with Zelensky. He continues to talk about halting the flow of arms to Ukraine, telling his aides that Zelensky is a "bad guy." In his view, Zelensky is pushing the world toward nuclear war. But in some cases, while showing sympathy for Ukraine, they also say that they are fighting resolutely against Russian bomb attacks on their cities.

More than 100 drone strikes on Russian air bases thousands of miles away from Ukraine, launched from inside Russia, are seen as a strategic and symbolic blow to Moscow. It is also considered as a Russian security vulnerability. The attack damaged more than a dozen Russian long-range bombers and destroyed some completely. The bombers are said to be an integral part of Russia's ability to strike nuclear weapons. which the Kremlin regards as one of the main pillars of its military power. 

Putin reportedly made no mention of Sunday's attack in a meeting with high-ranking Russian government officials. He did, however, discuss Ukraine's attack on two railway bridges along the Ukrainian border, resulting in the derailment of a passenger train and a freight train that killed seven people. Ukraine, which claimed responsibility for the attack on the airport, has not commented on the attack on the railway bridge.

"They are asking for a summit," Putin said, referring to Ukraine's request for a direct meeting between him and Zelensky, "but how can such meetings take place in this situation?" How can we negotiate with those who rely on terrorism?'