Ukraine Says It Struck A Russian Air Base As Russia Sent Hundreds Of Drones Into Ukraine
LONDON: Ukraine hit a Russian air base on Saturday, and Russia continued to beat Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight as part of a shooting bombing campaign that hopes for a breakthrough to end the 3 -year -old war.
Ukrainian military personnel, the Ukrainian forces hit the Borisoglebsk air base in the Voronezh region of Russia, and Russia’s SU-34, SU-35S and SU-30SM hunter jets described as the main base.
He said that he hit a warehouse containing general personnel, slip bombs, training planes and “other aircraft”.
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. Last month, Ukraine said it had destroyed more than 40 Russian aircraft in several 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 said on Saturday that damage, injury or death were not reported.
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. 31 more people were injured.
The new wave of attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that he had a “very important and productive telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump.
According to Zelenskyy, the two leaders discussed how Ukraine air defenses can be strengthened, the production of possible common weapons between the US and Ukraine and the US efforts to end the war with Russia.
On Friday night, he asked journalists, “We had a very good call, I think he said.
When asked to find a way to end the fight, Trump said: orum I don’t know. I can’t say that 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. Zelenskyy says that plans are standing to create Ukraine’s domestic weapon industry, but that scaling will take time.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that on Saturday morning and 45 drones, as well as 94 Ukrainian drones until Saturday. No loss was reported, but local officials in Saratov said that 25 apartments were damaged by Ukrainian drones in Engels.
According to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, four Ukrainian drones were shot as they approached Moscow on Saturday. Russia’s aviation authority Rosaviatsiya said that air traffic was briefly stopped as a precaution in Shemetyevo, one of the Moscow airports.
