Ukraine Says Russia Launched The Biggest Overnight Drone Bombardment Of The War

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched 479 drones astatine Ukraine successful nan biggest overnight drone bombardment of nan 3-year war, nan Ukrainian aerial unit said Monday, arsenic nan Kremlin presses its summer offensive against nan backdrop of direct bid talks.

As good arsenic drones, 20 missiles of various types were fired astatine different parts of Ukraine, according to nan aerial force, which said nan barrage targeted chiefly cardinal and occidental areas of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s aerial unit said its aerial defenses destroyed 277 drones and 19 missiles successful mid-flight connected Sunday night, claiming that only 10 drones aliases missiles deed their target. Officials said 1 personification was injured.

It was not imaginable to independently verify nan claims.

A caller escalation successful aerial attacks has coincided pinch a renewed Russian battlefield push connected eastbound and northeastern parts of nan astir 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) beforehand line.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said precocious Sunday that successful immoderate of those areas “the business is very difficult.” He provided nary details.

Ukraine is short-handed connected nan beforehand statement against its bigger force and needs further subject support from its Western partners, particularly aerial defenses. But uncertainty astir nan U.S. policy connected nan warfare has fueled doubts astir really overmuch thief Kyiv tin count on.

Two caller rounds of direct bid talks betwixt Russian and Ukrainian delegations successful Istanbul person yielded nary important breakthroughs beyond pledges to swap prisoners arsenic good arsenic thousands of their dormant and earnestly wounded troops.

Russia’s aerial attacks usually commencement precocious successful nan evening and extremity successful nan morning, because drones are harder to spot successful nan dark.

Russia has targeted civilian areas of Ukraine pinch Shahed drones during nan war. The attacks person killed much that 12,000 Ukrainian civilians, according to nan United Nations. Russia says it targets only subject targets.

Ukraine has developed long-range drones that proceed to onslaught heavy wrong Russia.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Monday that it changeable down 49 Ukrainian drones overnight complete 7 Russian regions.

Two drones deed a works specializing successful physics warfare instrumentality successful nan Chuvashia region, located much than 600 kilometers eastbound of Moscow, section officials reported.

Alexander Gusev, caput of Russia’s Voronezh region, said that 25 drones had been changeable down location overnight, damaging a state pipeline and sparking a mini fire.

The Ukrainian General Staff claimed typical operations forces forces struck 2 Russian combatant jets stationed astatine nan Savasleyka airfield successful Russia’s Novgorod region located immoderate 650 kilometers from Ukrainian border.

The connection did not opportunity really nan planes were struck.

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