LONDON– Russia introduced 267 drones right into Ukraine on Saturday evening, according to the Ukrainian flying force, in the biggest such assault of the battle, as both countries prepare to note 3 years given that Moscow introduced its major intrusion of its western next-door neighbor.
Russian drone and rocket assaults have actually for months been an every night event. However Saturday evening’s 267 drones were the largest-ever such barrage, damaging the previous document of 193 drones embeded in a December assault.
Ukraine’s flying force claimed it rejected 138 Shahed assault drones, with 119 others shed in trip without creating any type of damages. 3 drones flew right into Belarus, the flying force claimed in its declaration to Telegram.
” Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Poltava, Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia areas were impacted by the opponent assault,” the flying force created.
Surges are seen in the evening skies over Kyiv as Ukrainian servicemen fire at drones throughout a Russian strike, on Feb. 23, 2025.
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The Odesa armed forces management reported that 3 individuals were hurt by a drone strike. Emergency situation solutions claimed that a person individual was likewise hurt in Zaporizhzhia.
Russia’s record-breaking assault comes prior to Ukraine notes the 3rd wedding anniversary of Moscow’s major intrusion. That procedure occurred 8 years after Russian soldiers initially went across right into Ukrainian area to take Crimea and components of the eastern Donbas area in 2014.
The 4th year of Russia’s battle will certainly start with Head of state Donald Trump’s management looking for a tranquility offer using straight talks with Head of state Vladimir Putin’s group, yet without Ukrainian participation.
Head Of State Volodymyr Zelenskyy has actually alerted that Kyiv will certainly decline any type of tranquility accepted over its head.
On Sunday, Ukraine’s Foreign Preacher Andrii Sybiha claimed international leaders need to keep in mind the current Russian assault, describing records that the united state is obstructing a prepared G7 declaration on the wedding anniversary as it identifies Russia as the assailant.
” This shows that preventing calling Russia an assailant does not transform the truth that it is one,” he claimed. “No person needs to rely on Putin’s words. Take a look at his activities rather.”
Ukraine, on the other hand, proceeded its very own long-range strike project, with Russia’s Protection Ministry on Sunday reporting 40 Ukrainian drones downed in the previous 24-hour.
