Russia began its largest air attack on Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian official said on Sunday, part of the escalation of the bomb campaign, which additionally passed the hopes for a breakthrough, trying to end the three -year war.
Russia launched a total of 537 aviation weapons in Ukraine, including 477 drones and lures and 60 missiles, as Ukraine's air force said. Of these, 249 were shot down and 226 were lost, it was probably electronically blocked.
Ukraine has lost the third f-16 fighter since the beginning of the war when the attack was repelled, said the army.
Yuriy Ihnat, head of communication for the Air Force of Ukraine, told The Associated Press that the attack was “the most mass air strike” day by day, taking into account both drones and various types of missiles. The attack aimed in regions in Ukraine, including Western Ukraine, away from the front line.
Russia again escalated its aviation attacks on Ukraine over the weekend, attacking over 30 cities with missiles and drones, including the capital, because he celebrated Kiev Day. According to Ukrainian officials, attacks killed at least a dozen people, some of them children.
Officials say that industrial facilities have been affected in the southern Ukrainian regions of MykolaiV and the middle regions of Dnpropetrovsk.
Local authorities have published photos with multi -story houses with charred walls and broken windows and rescuers evacuating residents.
The Governor of the LVIV region in the west of the country said that the attack was focused on critical infrastructure. However, he did not report the consequences.
Poland and related countries climbed with aircraft to ensure the security of Polish airspace, the Polish Air Force informed on Sunday.
One person died in a drone strike in the Kherson region, said the governor of Oleksandr Prokudin, while another was killed when the drone hit the car in the Kharyv region, according to his governor Oleh Synahubov. According to the regional governor Ihor Ihor Ihor, six people were injured, including a child, including a child.
Fresh attacks follow Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Friday that Moscow is ready for the fresh round of direct peace conversations in Istanbul. However, the war has no signs of restrictions, because international peace efforts carried out by the US until now have not caused a breakthrough. The last two rounds of conversations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul were short and did not bring progress in reaching a settlement.
Far -range drone strikes were the hallmark of the war in the fourth year. The race of both sides in order to develop more and more sophisticated and more drones' death turned the conflict into tests of new weapons.