Russia launched its largest airstrike against it Ukraine Overnight, a Ukrainian official on Sunday, a part of a growing bombing campaign, has intensified hopes for progress in ending the three -year -old war.
The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia sacked a total of 537 air weapons in Ukraine, including 477 drones and Dico and 60 missiles. Of these, 249 were shot and 226 were lost, possibly electronically jammed.
The attack was the “largest airstrike” in the country since the beginning of the attack From Russia The head of communication for the Ukrainian Air Force, Yuri Ehnat, said in a complete scale attack in February 2022, in view of drones and a variety of missiles, the Associate Press. The attack targeted several areas, including western Ukraine, far away from the front line.
The country's air force said that Poland and its affiliated countries surrounded the aircraft to ensure the safety of Polish airspace.
Government Olexander Prokoden said that a man was killed in a drone strike in the khritar region, while another was killed when a drone hit a car in the Kharwak area, according to his government Oliya Sinnihubov. According to Regional Government Ohrur Taburates, six people were injured in Chakrasi, including a child.
In the Western Lviv region, after the drone attack, a large fire broke out at an industrial facility in the city of Drohobach, which also cut electricity in some parts of the city.
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The Ukrainian Air Force said one of the F -16 warplanes provided by its Western partners crashed and crashed after maintaining damage while shooting air targets. The pilot died.
The attacks continued during the day. A 72 -year -old man was killed when a drone collided with his car.
Allegedly the Russian army moves forward in Donetsk
The Russian Defense Ministry said it had shot three Ukrainian drones overnight.
Regional Government Alexander Bogomaz said on Sunday morning that two people were injured in another Ukrainian drone attack on the western Russian city of Brown, adding that seven more Ukrainian drones have been shot in the region.
Meanwhile, Russia claimed on Sunday that it had partially taken control of the village of Novarakinka in the Russian -occupied Donetsk region.
Russian forces are moving slowly in some places on the front line about 1,000 1,000 km, though their growing benefits have become expensive in the case of the killings and the damaged coach.
Among other developments, Russia's foreign intelligence chief, Sergey Nareshkin, said he had spoken on the phone with his US counterpart, CIA director John Wright Cliff.
“I called with my US counterpart and we secure the possibility of calling each other at any time and discussing our interests,” Narskin said on Sunday, giving remarks to State TV reporter Powell Zerobin, publishing them on his telegram channel.
Two days before Sunday's attacks, Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments were followed that Moscow is ready for a new era of direct peace talks in Istanbul. Two recent talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul were short and it made no progress in reaching the settlement.
Zlinski withdraws Ukraine from the Antland Mine Treaty
A Ukrainian lawmaker said on Sunday that Ukrainian President Wolodmeer Zelinsky signed a decree to withdraw Ukraine from the Ottawa Convention, which banned Anti -Personal Land Mines. The move is following similar recent measures in Baltic states and Poland.
The 1997 deal forbids the use, production, storage and transfer of anti -Personal Land mines in an attempt to protect citizens from explosives, which can have long been a memory or memory after the end of the fighting.
“This is a step that the reality of war has long demanded,” said Roman Costinco, secretary of the Ukrainian parliamentary committee on national security, defense and intelligence. “Russia is not a party to the convention,” he said, “and is using mines against our soldiers and civilians on a large scale.”
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