Russia is launching its greatest attack on Ukraine since the start of the war
Iouri Ihnat, the Ukrainian Air Force spokesman, told the Associated Press agency that it was “The most massive air attack” Against Ukraine, taking into account both drones and various types of missiles. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia pulled a total of 537 projectiles, including 477 drones (and lures) and 60 missiles. Among them, 249 were killed and 226 were lost, scrambled by electronic means.
Poland and Allied countries have taken off fighter planes to ensure the security of Polish airspace, the Polish air force said.
In the Oblast of Kherson, the chief of the military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, reported the death of a person in a drone strike. In the Oblast de Cherkassy, six people, including a child, were injured, according to his chief of the military administration, Ihor Tooles.
In the Oblast of LVIV, in the far west of Ukraine, a large -scale fire broke out in an industrial site in Drohobytych following a drone attack, which also caused power cuts in certain parts of the city.
The Ukrainian Air Force also confirmed that one of the F-16 fighter planes crashed after being damaged by slaughtering air targets. The pilot was killed. Volodymyr Zelensky ordered an investigation into all the circumstances surrounding his death. The Ukrainian president recalled that Russia had launched, “Just this week” Over 114 missiles, more than 1,270 drones and nearly 1,100 planing bombs (KAB).
These new attacks occur shortly after Russian president Vladimir Putin said Moscow on Friday was ready to resume direct peace negotiations in Istanbul. “” [Vladimir] Putin has long decided to continue the war despite the calls of the world for peace ”underlines the Ukrainian president.