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NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. Russia launched more than 350 missiles and

drones on Ukraine overnight, killing at least 12 people and injuring scores of others. Ukrainian authorities say it was

the largest single Russian aerial attack since the start of Russia's war in 2022. MPRs Charles

Mainz has more. The Russian attack struck cities and towns across Ukraine with images posted online,

showing several houses and apartment buildings reduced to rubble.

Ukrainian officials accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians, yet in a statement,

Russia's defense ministry said it had carried out precision strikes against a range of military

targets. The ministry also accused Ukraine of sending waves of drones into Russian airspace

for the third day in a row.

All of this has unfolded as Moscow and Kiev made good on a pledge to free 1,000 prisoners from both sides,

the lone substantive result from recent peace talks that saw Russia refused to join Ukraine in agreeing to a U.S.-backed ceasefire.

Charles Mains, NPR News, Moscow.

A group of senators has begun to meet to talk about the budget bill that President Trump helped push through the House last week.

MPIR's Amy held reports now it's the Senate's turn to reckon with competing concerns

from moderate and conservative Republicans.

The bill includes $3.8 trillion in tax cuts that skewed to the wealthy and will add

trillions to the deficit. That's a problem for fiscal hawks. We have to reduce the deficit.

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