Ukraine drone attack on Russia’s Tatarstan region leaves at least 1 dead, 13 injured

A drone onslaught successful Russia’s Tatarstan portion killed 1 idiosyncratic and injured 13 others, section officials said

One idiosyncratic was killed and 13 others wounded Sunday successful a Ukrainian drone onslaught successful Russia’s Tatarstan region, section authorities said.

Regional Gov. Rustam Minnikhanov said the drone was destroyed, but falling debris ignited a occurrence and struck a conveyance manufacturing works successful the Yelabuga district, immoderate 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) from the frontline. Russia’s defence ministry said it changeable down six Ukrainian drones overnight.

Russia launched 183 drones and decoys, on with 11 missiles, astatine Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian aerial force, which said its aerial defenses destroyed 111 drones and 8 missiles, portion different 48 drones were jammed.

Officials successful the Poltava portion said the overnight onslaught damaged vigor and cultivation infrastructure, but determination were nary casualties.

Continuing a renewed battlefield propulsion on eastbound and northeastern parts of the much than 600-mile beforehand line, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed Sunday that its troops captured different colony successful the Donetsk region, Malynivka. The Ukrainian subject had nary contiguous remark connected the Russian claim.

The continued attacks came a time aft Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held a lengthy call, during which Trump said that helium pressed Putin to extremity the war successful Ukraine.

In different developments, Russia repatriated much bodies of fallen soldiers successful enactment with an statement reached during peace talks successful Istanbul betwixt Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Russian officials said Sunday, cited by Russian authorities media. The officials said Ukraine did not instrumentality immoderate bodies to Russia connected Sunday.

Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirmed successful a connection that Russia returned 1,200 bodies.

The statement to speech prisoners of warfare and the bodies of fallen soldiers was the lone tangible result of the June 2 Istanbul talks. The archetypal circular of the staggered exchanges took spot connected Monday.

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