Russia is "preparing new offensive operations" in its full-scale war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 26, following an intelligence briefing. Kyiv has previously warned about the threat of a new major Russian offensive targeting Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts this spring and summer.

Comments come after Ukrainian Air Force said earlier in the day that Ukraine was subjected to a record number of Russian drones overnight Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday accused Russia of planning a new offensive,