Kyiv hits Russian air base as drones pound Ukraine
Ukraine hit a Russian air base and Russia continues to beat Ukraine with hundreds of drones as part of a step -by -step bombing campaign, which has created more hope for a breakthrough to end the three -year -old war.
Ukrainian military general personnel said in a statement on Saturday that the Ukrainian forces hit the Borisoglebsk air base in the Voronezh region of Russia and that Russia described the SU-34, SU-35S and SU-30SM fighter plane jets as the “main base”.
General staff on Facebook, slip bombs, training planes and “probably other planes” containing a warehouse, he said.
Russian officials did not comment on the attack immediately.
Such attacks on Russian air bases aim to overcome Russia’s military capacity and to show Ukraine’s ability to achieve high -valuable goals in Russia.
In June, Ukraine said he had destroyed more than 40 Russian planes placed in various airports in a surprise drone attack.
The Ukraine said that Russia fired 322 drones and traps in Ukraine until Saturday until Saturday.
157 of them were shot and 135 disappeared, probably stuck electronically.
According to the Air Force, the main target of the attack of Ukraine’s Western Khmelnytskyi region was the attack.
Regional Governor Serhii Tyurin, any damage, injury or death was not reported, he said.
Russia is accelerating its long -range attacks on Ukraine.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, the biggest air strike has targeted Kiev overnight until Friday.
On Saturday, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the number of people killed in the attack has doubled. 26 more people were injured.
The fresh wave of attacks said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had a “very important and productive” telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Friday.
According to Zelenksiy, the two leaders discussed how Ukraine air defenses can be strengthened, the production of possible common weapons between the United States and Ukraine, and the US efforts to end the war with Russia.
“We had a very good call, I think.” He said.
When asked to find a way to end the fight, Trump said: “I don’t know. I can’t tell you if this will happen.”
The US paused some military aid to Ukraine, including important air defense missiles.
Ukraine’s main European supporters think how they can help to get loose.
Zelenskiy says that plans are standing to form Ukraine’s domestic weapon industry, but that scaling will take time.
Russian Defense Ministry, Saturday morning, 12 planes, as well as 94 Ukrainian planes on Saturday, he said. No loss was reported.
