RUSSIA LAUNCHED TWENTY ONE LETHAL ATTACK DRONES OVERNIGHT, 16 OF WHICH WERE SHOT DOWN. THE ATTACKS CAME BEFORE CHINESE LEADER XI JINPING HAD EVEN LEFT MOSCOW AFTER A THREE DAY TRIP WHERE HE MET WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN. >> THE TWO LEADERS PROCLAIMED THEY WANT TO MAKE PEACE IN UKRAINE. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE IS IN KYIV WITH MORE TIME. >> AN INTERESTING CHOICE OF WORDS. GIVEN WHAT WE'RE LEARNING NOW, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS LATEST WAVE OF RUSSIAN ATTACKS ? >> YET THE MOST BRAZEN ATTACK DONE WAS IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF SEPARATION, HITTING AN APARTMENT BLOCK RIGHT IN THE CITY CENTER. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE INJURED, INCLUDING CHILDREN, AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. INCREDIBLY, NO ONE KILLED IN THAT MISSILE ATTACK. THE RUSSIANS ALSO LAUNCHING LETHAL DRONE ATTACKS. THOSE IRANIAN MADE DRONES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THIS REGION OF KYIV. AND A TARGET HIT TO THE SOUTHEAST OF KYIV IN A TOWN THAT'S NOT CLEAR IN THAT CASE. WHAT WAS THE SPECIFIC TARGET? THEY HIT AN APARTMENT BUILDING, BUT THE RUSSIANS ARE CLAIMING THAT UKRAINIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE INSIDE. THE UKRAINIANS DISPUTING THAT. I MEAN, WE'RE IN A CEMETERY JUST ON THE EDGE OF KYIV. YOU CAN SEE THE MILITARY GRAVES BEHIND ME. ONE OF THOSE SOLDIERS KILLED IN PARLIAMENT, AND THAT IS THE CITY REALLY SEEING THE MOST FIERCE FIGHTING RIGHT NOW IN EASTERN UKRAINE. AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY GOING INTO THAT AREA WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS, MEETING TROOPS REALLY IN A MESSAGE OF DEFIANCE ON THE , YOU KNOW, THE WAKE OF THAT SUMMIT FROM PRESIDENT XI AND PRESIDENT PUTIN. JUST AS THOSE THOSE LEADERS WERE CALLING FOR SOME KIND OF PEACE PROPOSAL. RUSSIA WAS FIRING MISSILES AND DRONES INTO UKRAINIAN TERRITORY ONCE AGAIN AT TODD ANT. >> MEANWHILE, A GROUP OF 65 UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS ARE WRAPPING UP TRAINING ON THE PATRIOT SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE SYSTEM IN OKLAHOMA. SO WHEN COULD WE SEE THAT DEPLOYED ON THE BATTLEFIELD? AND HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE WOULD THAT MAKE? >> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, DON . THE 65 UKRAINIAN TROOPS THERE TRAINING AT FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, ARE COMING TO AN END. THAT MEANS THAT THE PATRIOT SYSTEMS COULD BE IN UKRAINE WITHIN A MATTER OF WEEKS, ACCORDING TO U.S. OFFICIALS. AND THAT'S HAPPENED MORE QUICKLY THAN ANTICIPATED. THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE UKRAINIAN TROOPS HAVE SURPASSED EXPECTATIONS. THEY'VE ONCE AGAIN, THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY PROVED THEMSELVES TO BE ADEPT AT ADAPTING TO NEW, HIGHLY COMPLEX SYSTEMS. THOSE PATRIOTS ARE GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AT THE HIGH END OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS, WHICH THE WEST WEST HAVE GIVEN UKRAINE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE PROTECTING UKRAINIAN CITIES. WE'VE ALSO GOT A BIG UPDATE ON U.S. TANKS. THE U.S. HAS CHANGED ITS STRATEGY. IT WAS GOING TO PROVIDE THE LATEST VERSION OF THE ABRAMS TANKS TO THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY. BUT ACTUALLY , THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE AN OLDER VERSION. NOW, THE REASON BEING, IT MEANS THEY CAN GET THOSE OLDER, REFURBISHED VERSIONS MUCH MORE QUICKLY INTO UKRAINE. THOSE ABRAMS TANKS COULD