Russia starts 273 drones against Ukraine, a woman killed

The largest known Russian drone attack since the beginning of the full war in 2022 killed a woman in the Kyiv region and injured at least three people, said the Ukrainian authorities on the early Sunday when Moscow increased strikes after the peace talks on Friday.

Russia started 273 drones until 8 a.m. and mainly aimed at the Central Kyiv region and the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions in the east of the country, according to the Ukraine of the Air Force.

Based on the data provided by the Air Force, this was Russia's biggest drone attack on the Ukraine of the war. On the eve of the third anniversary of the Ukrainian invasion of Russia on February 23, Moscow started a record of 267 drones at the time.

The first direct talks between Russia and Ukraine on Friday have not been able to convey the temporary ceasefire Kyiv and its allies. The 100 minutes of the talks in Istanbul led to an agreement to swap 1,000 prisoners of war on each side.

US President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday.

The ongoing Russian drone attack overnight on Sunday killed a 28-year-old woman in the capital region and injured at least three people, including a 4-year-old child, the Ukrainian authorities said.

“Unfortunately, a woman died of her injuries as a result of the enemy attack in the Obukhiv district,” said Mykola Kalashnik, governor of the Kyiv region.

Kyiv and the region around them and the eastern part of Ukraine were attacked for nine hours overnight before they were derived around 9 a.m. The air defense units were engaged several times to ward off attacks, the military said in the telegram.

“It was a hard night. The Russians always used war and attacks to intimidate everyone in negotiations,” said Andriy Kovenko, head of the Ukraine Center for Disinformation, about the telegram on Sunday.

Air defense units destroyed 88 of the drones overnight. The attack also included 128 Simulator drones that were lost on the way without meeting anything, the Air Force Ukraine said in an explanation of the telegram.

On Saturday, a Russian drone attack killed nine civilians after having driven a shuttle bus in the Sumy region in the northeast of Ukraine, said Kyiv. Zelenskyy called the attack “deliberately” and asked Moscow to attack stronger sanctions, which indicates, a military facility.

All people injured in the Obukhiv district south of Kyiv City were hospitalized, said Kalashnik. Several residential buildings were damaged in the area, he added.

In the city of Kyiv, fragments of a destroyed drone damaged the roof of a non -resident building, the city's military administration announced via telegram. There were no reports on injuries, added.

Reuters witnesses in and around Kyiv heard explosions that sounded into operation like air defense units. There was no immediate comment from Russia.

Despite extensive evidence, Russia continues to deny targeted civilians – measures that are widely recognized as war crimes under international law.

(AW)