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Ukraine launched a "large-scale" drone onslaught heavy into Russian territory that information officials assertion destroyed 40 subject bombers arsenic it gears up for different circular of talks successful Istanbul to research prospects of a ceasefire.
A Ukrainian information official, who spoke connected information of anonymity, told the Associated Press that the onslaught took implicit a twelvemonth and a fractional to execute and was personally supervised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Smoke rises supra the country pursuing what section authorities called a drone onslaught connected a subject portion successful the Sredny settlement, successful the people of the Russia-Ukraine struggle successful the Usolsky territory of the Irkutsk region, Russia, successful this inactive representation from a video published June 1, 2025.
Governor of Irkutsk Region Igor Kobzev via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS
The cognition saw drones transported successful containers carried by trucks heavy into Russian territory, helium said. The drones deed airfields including the Belaya aerial basal successful Russia's Irkutsk region, much than 2,500 miles from Ukraine. It is the archetypal clip that a Ukrainian drone has been seen successful the region, section Gov. Igor Kobzev told AP, stressing that it did not contiguous a menace to civilians.
While White House spokespeople declined to remark connected the attack, medication sources told CBS News connected Sunday that the White House was not alert it was coming.
The drone onslaught came arsenic Kyiv announced a Russian subject onslaught killed astatine slightest 12 soldiers astatine an service grooming site. Ukraine's aerial unit said 472 Russian drones were launched — the biggest fig since the full-scale penetration 3 years ago.
Russian forces besides launched 7 missiles alongside the barrage of drones, said Yuriy Ignat, caput of communications for the Ukrainian aerial force.
The grooming portion is located to the rear of the 620-mile progressive beforehand line, wherever Russian reconnaissance and onslaught drones are capable to strike.
Meanwhile, explosions caused 2 bridges to illness and derailed 2 trains successful occidental Russia overnight, officials said Sunday, without saying what had caused the blasts. In 1 of the incidents, 7 radical were killed and dozens were injured.
Specialists of exigency services enactment astatine the scene, aft a roadworthy span collapsed onto railway tracks, derailing an approaching bid successful the Bryansk region, Russia, June 1, 2025, successful this inactive representation taken from a video.
Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
The archetypal bridge, successful the Bryansk portion connected the borderline with Ukraine, collapsed connected apical of a rider bid connected Saturday, causing casualties. The train's operator was among those killed, state-run Russian Railways said.
Hours later, officials said a 2nd bid derailed erstwhile the span beneath it collapsed successful the adjacent Kursk region, which besides borders Ukraine.
Zelenskyy said connected Sunday that helium was sending a Ukrainian delegation to Istanbul, led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, for different face-to-face with Russian representatives.
"We are doing everything to support our independence, our authorities and our people," helium said.
Zelenskyy said priorities for the gathering see "a implicit and unconditional ceasefire" and the instrumentality of prisoners and abducted children.
Russian quality agencies said the Russian delegation was headed to Istanbul connected Sunday for the talks.
Ukrainian officials had antecedently called connected the Kremlin to supply a promised memorandum mounting retired its position on ending the warfare earlier the gathering took place. Moscow had said it would stock its memorandum during the talks.
Agence France-Presse and Jennifer Jacobs contributed to this report.
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