President Donald Trump announced a substantial increase in Russia sanctions, stating he will not reschedule a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin unless a deal is guaranteed, according to an X post from unusual_whales on October 25th, 2025, at approximately 11:00 PM UTC. The President's stance comes as reports suggest Putin continues to seek a meeting with the US President. In a statement shared by Fox News on X, President Trump indicated that President Putin has not approached discussions "in an honest and forthright manner, as we'd hoped." This decision to increase sanctions and withhold a meeting follows diplomatic exchanges where Russian officials, such as Kirill Dmitriev, have reportedly brought gifts with Putin's quotes to the US as part of Russia-US dialogue, as noted by Maks_NAFO_FELLA on X. Separately, Ukrainian monitoring sources reported over the past hour, ending around 11:15 PM UTC, that 13 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were detected past Zvenigorodka and Smila, heading towards the Kyiv region on a northern course. This aerial activity in Ukraine occurred concurrently with the US President's statements regarding Russia. Previous reports from October 25th indicated widespread drone activity and threats across multiple Ukrainian regions, including Shumenskyi, Kropyvnytskyi, and Cherkasy, with specific warnings of UAV use and multiple groups of drones moving towards various districts. These earlier alerts also mentioned attack UAVs in the Black Sea area and activity moving from Mykolaiv Oblast towards the Kropyvnytskyi district and Kryvyi Rih.
