Ukraine says it struck a Russian airbase as Russia sent hundreds of drones into Ukraine

KYIV – Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase connected Saturday, portion Russia continued to lb Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight arsenic portion of a stepped-up bombing run that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough successful efforts to extremity the much than 3-year-old war.

Ukraine’s subject General Staff said Saturday that Ukrainian forces had struck the Borisoglebsk airbase successful Russia’s Voronezh region, describing it arsenic the “home base” of Russia’s Su-34, Su-35S and Su-30SM combatant jets.

Writing connected Facebook, the General Staff said it deed a depot containing glide bombs, a grooming craft and “possibly different aircraft."

Russian officials did not instantly remark connected the attack.

Russia fired 322 drones and decoys into Ukraine overnight into Saturday, Ukraine’s aerial unit said. Of these, 157 were changeable down and 135 were lost, apt having been electronically jammed.

According to the aerial force, Ukraine’s occidental Khmelnytskyi portion was the main people of the attack. Regional Gov. Serhii Tyurin said Saturday that nary damage, injuries oregon deaths had been reported.

Russia has been stepping up its long-range attacks connected Ukraine. Waves of drones and missiles targeted Kyiv overnight into Friday successful the largest aerial assault since Russia’s penetration of Ukraine began, sidesplitting 1 idiosyncratic and wounding astatine slightest 26 others.

The caller question of attacks came aft Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that helium had a “very important and productive” telephone telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump.

The 2 leaders discussed however Ukrainian aerial defenses mightiness beryllium strengthened, imaginable associated weapons accumulation betwixt the U.S. and Ukraine, and broader U.S-led efforts to extremity the war with Russia, according to a connection by Zelenksyy.

Asked Friday nighttime by reporters astir the call, Trump said, “We had a precise bully call, I think.”

When asked astir uncovering a mode to extremity the fighting, Trump said: “I don’t know. I can’t archer you whether oregon not that’s going to happen.”

The U.S. has paused immoderate shipments of subject aid to Ukraine, including important aerial defence missiles. Ukraine’s main European backers are considering how they tin assistance prime up the slack. Zelenskyy says plans are afoot to physique up Ukraine’s home arms industry, but scaling up volition instrumentality time.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it changeable down 94 Ukrainian drones overnight into Saturday, on with 12 further drones connected Saturday morning. No casualties were reported.

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