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Russia struck Ukraine overnight with its biggest drone attack since the war began, Ukrainian forces said on Sunday that Moscow had stepped up its military attack despite holding direct peace talks with Kiev Friday.
Russia fired 273 Shahed drones overnight, saying the Ukrainian Air Force had primarily targeted the Kiev region.
According to Kyiv area governor Mykola Kalashnik, a 28-year-old woman has been killed and three people injured, including a four-year-old child.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, head of the Ukrainian Parliament, said in a social media post on Sunday:
The attack destroyed residential buildings, destroyed skyscrapers and burned garages, Stefanchuk wrote, adding, “This is the purest form of fear.”
“Major attacks” have caused many The fire also stated Ukraine’s emergency services, adding that Fifty-five rescuers were deployed.
Elsewhere, Russian artillery fire killed one person and injured eight people in the Donetsk region on Saturday, according to Vadim Firashkin, head of the Donetsk region military department. Russian drones have also targeted the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, the region’s military chief said.
Meanwhile, Russian forces have defeated 75 Ukrainian drones in the last 24 hours, Russian state news agency Tas reported on Sunday, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The latest attack comes after a Russian drone attack on a bus in the Smie region of northeastern Ukraine killed at least nine people, killing seven people just hours after the two countries met for their first direct peace talks since the early weeks of 2022.
Negotiations in Türkiye failed to create a major breakthrough. The two countries discussed the possibility of a meeting between the president and the ceasefire and agreed to an exchange of prisoners.
The lecture held back on the days before and after. Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a face-to-face meeting, but did not send a junior delegation after rejecting Ukraine’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire.
During discussions, Russia called for concessions from Ukraine, which is still under Kiev’s control. A source familiar with the negotiations on Friday told CNN that Ukraine had been rejecting it for a long time. The British, French, German and Poland leaders have called for Russia’s stance in “unacceptable” consultations.
Donald Trump is scheduled to speak with Putin on Monday to end the Ukrainian War, the US president announced on Saturday. Trump previously said he doesn’t think there will be a major breakthrough in peace talks until he spoke directly with Putin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Saturday that preparations for a telephone conversation between the two leaders were underway.
CNN’s Victoria Butenko, Nick Patong Walsh and Olesia Domitrakova contributed their report.
