Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles on Friday in the largest aerial attack of the three-year war — just hours after President Trump admitted he was “disappointed” with his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A total of 539 drones and 11 missiles were fired at Kyiv over the seven-hour onslaught — killing at least one and injuring 26 others, including a child, Ukrainian officials said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who spoke with Trump later Friday about boosting Ukraine’s air defenses amid Russia’s escalating attacks, ripped the latest barrage as “deliberately massive and cynical.”

“Notably, the first air raid alerts in our cities and regions yesterday began to blare almost simultaneously with media reports discussing a phone call between President Trump and Putin,” Zelensky said on X.

“Yet again, Russia is showing it has no intention of ending the war and terror,” he added, as he called for increased pressure on Russia to change its “dumb, destructive behavior.”

During the onslaught, blasts lit up the sky and echoed across the city as air raid sirens wailed. Footage on social media showed locals running for shelter, including in underground metro stations, as the detonations rang out.

The attack damaged roughly 40 apartment blocks, passenger railway infrastructure, five schools and kindergartens, cafes and cars in six of Kyiv’s 10 districts, officials said.

“What Kyiv endured last night, cannot be called anything but a deliberate act of terror,” Ukraine’s Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko wrote on X.

“Absolutely horrible and sleepless night in Kyiv,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha added. “One of the worst so far.”

The latest strikes unfolded just hours before Zelensky said he’d had a “very important and productive” call with Trump during which they agreed to work on increasing Kyiv’s capability to “defend the sky” as Russian attacks escalate.

He added that the pair also discussed joint defense production, as well as joint purchases and investments. 

Ukraine has been asking the US to sell it more Patriot missiles and systems that it sees as key to defending its cities from intensifying Russian strikes.

However, the US had made the decision to pause some shipments of military aid to Ukraine, including crucial air defense missiles, in June, it was revealed Tuesday.

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The White House on Tuesday confirmed that 155mm artillery rounds, Patriot air defense,  Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, Stinger, AIM-7 and Hellfire missiles bound for Ukraine would not be shipped following a Pentagon assessment.

There were concerns that US stockpiles were dropping too low.

But the decision quickly sparked criticism from both sides of the aisle. “An Ukraine that is independent, and embraces democracy, free markets and rule of law is in our national security interests,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) wrote on X.

“Helping defeat Russia’s brutal invasion is in our national security interests,” he added.

In a separate post, Bacon also pointed the finger at Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby over the arms shipment pause, asking: “Congress wants answers here. Did Under Secretary Colby do this on his own without approval? The President said he was not notified nor did he approve the halt in weapon shipments to Ukraine.”

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, also ripped Colby to Politico Thursday, saying: “I think it’s all made by the DOD policy director, this Colby guy.

“We essentially don’t have a national security adviser,” added McCaul, referring to the position nominally held by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

“I’m not even sure Rubio was consulted on this one … There’s internal division in the White House.”

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Co.) insisted that helping Ukraine has strong bipartisan support in Congress. 

“Republicans and Democrats agree: pausing arms shipments to Ukraine is a bad idea,” he wrote on X.

“We must support Ukraine while investing in our defense capabilities – efforts that will deter Putin, Xi, and other dictators from testing our resolve with further aggression,” he continued.

“The last thing we should do is weaken Ukraine when there is so much at stake for US national security, Ukraine, and democracy everywhere.”

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) argued it is “unacceptable” not to help allies.

“We must build up our own Defense Industrial Base here in the US while simultaneously providing the needed assistance to our allies who are defending their freedom from brutal invading dictators. To not do both is unacceptable,” he wrote on X.

Zelensky’s conversation with Trump Friday came after the commander-in-chief revealed that his call with Putin on Thursday resulted in no progress at all on efforts to end the war.

“I’m very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don’t think he’s there,” he told reporters. “I’m just saying I don’t think he’s looking to stop, and that’s too bad.”

“I didn’t make any progress with him at all,” he added.

Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said in the wake of that call that the Russian leader had emphasized Moscow would seek to achieve its goals in Ukraine and remove the “root causes” of the conflict.

“Russia will not back down from these goals,” Ushakov told reporters after the call.

Meanwhile, Zelensky also called for increased pressure on Moscow in a bid to thwart the relentless attacks.

“For every such strike against people and human life, they must feel appropriate sanctions and other blows to their economy, their revenues and their infrastructure,” the Ukrainian president said.

Both sides have denied targeting civilians ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 – despite thousands having been killed.

With Post wires