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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched its biggest aerial onslaught against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian authoritative said Sunday, portion of an escalating bombing run that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough successful efforts to extremity the 3-year-old war.
Russia fired a full of 537 aerial weapons astatine Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s aerial unit said. Of these, 249 were changeable down and 226 were lost, apt having been electronically jammed.
The onslaught was “the astir monolithic airstrike” connected the state since the opening of Russia's full-scale penetration successful February 2022, taking into relationship some drones and assorted types of missiles, Yuriy Ihnat, caput of communications for Ukraine’s aerial force, told The Associated Press. The onslaught targeted respective regions, including occidental Ukraine, acold from the beforehand line.
Poland and allied countries scrambled craft to guarantee the information of Polish airspace, the country's aerial unit said.
One idiosyncratic died successful a drone onslaught successful the Kherson region, Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said, portion different was killed erstwhile a drone deed a car successful the Kharkiv region, according to its Gov. Oleh Syniehubov. Six radical were wounded successful Cherkasy, including a child, according to determination Gov. Ihor Taburets.
In the far-western Lviv region, a ample occurrence broke retired astatine an concern installation successful the metropolis of Drohobych pursuing a drone onslaught that besides chopped energy to parts of the city.
Ukraine’s aerial unit said 1 of its F-16 warplanes supplied by its Western partners crashed aft sustaining harm portion shooting down aerial targets. The aviator died.
The caller attacks travel Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments Friday that Moscow is acceptable for a caller circular of nonstop bid talks successful Istanbul.
However, the warfare shows nary signs of abating arsenic U.S.-led planetary bid efforts person truthful acold produced nary breakthrough. Two caller rounds of talks betwixt Russian and Ukrainian delegations successful Istanbul were little and yielded nary advancement connected reaching a settlement.
Long-range drone strikes person been a hallmark of the war. The contention by some sides to make progressively blase and deadlier drones has turned the struggle into a investigating crushed for caller weaponry.
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