Russia launched a large-scale aerial assault on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, marking a second consecutive night of ferocious attacks on the country, as Russia ramps up its bombardment more than three years into the war.

Ukraine’s air force said that Russia had launched 728 exploding drones and decoys, a barrage that set a single-night record and underscored Ukraine’s need for weapons. Trump, who just last week paused arms shipments to Ukraine, said on Monday that the U.S. would resume them because the country was “getting hit very hard.”

President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. will have to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after ordering a pause in critical weapons deliveries to Kyiv.

Russia is using gold and crypto to bypass Western sanctions, a top regulator said on Tuesday. "Netting" is another offbeat way Russia is using to beat sweeping sanctions. Russia's economy faces challenges, with a potential recession and slowing GDP growth.

The president’s remarks during a cabinet meeting were the latest sign of his growing displeasure with the Russian leader.

President Donald Trump ripped Russian leader Vladimir Putin's "bull----" during his Cabinet meeting, saying additional sanctions remained on the table amid the three-year war with Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin is facing a catastrophic decline in demographics as a plunging birth rate, which could see the population shrink, and the ongoing war in Ukraine take its toll, as well as other factors,