Ukraine states that the drone attack reached 40 Russian bombers as conversations that will resume in Türkiye

Ukraine He launched an “large -scale” drone attack in the Russian territory, who claim that security officials say they destroyed 40 military bombers while preparing for another round of conversations in Estanbul to explore to explore Perspectives of a high fire.

A Ukrainian security officer, who spoke under anonymity, told News that the attack took more than a year and a half to execute and was personally supervised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The operation saw drones transported in containers transported by trucks deeply in Russian territory, he said. The drones arrived at the airfields, including the Belaya Air Base in the Russian Irkutsk region, more than 2,500 miles from Ukraine. It is the first time that a Ukrainian drone has been seen in the region, local governor Igor Kobzev said, emphasizing that he did not present a threat to civilians.

While the White House spokesmen declined to comment on the attack, sources of administration told News themezone on Sunday that the White House did not know what was approaching.

The attack with unmanned aircraft occurred when Kyiv announced that a Russian military strike killed at least 12 soldiers in an army training site. The Ukraine Air Force said 472 Russian drones were launched, the largest number from large -scale invasion three years ago.

The Russian forces also launched seven missiles along with the alluvion of drones, said Yuriy Ignat, head of communications of the Ukraine Air Force.

The training unit is located at the rear of the active front line of 620 miles, where Russia’s recognition and attack drones can hit.

Meanwhile, the explosions caused two bridges to collapse and derail two trains in western Russia during the night, authorities said Sunday, without saying what the explosions had caused. In one of the incidents, seven people died and dozens were injured.

The first bridge, in the Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine, collapsed on a passenger train on Saturday, causing victims. The train driver was among those killed, said state Russian railways.

Hours later, the authorities said that a second train was derailed when the bridge under it collapsed in the nearby Kursk region, which also limits with Ukraine.

Zelenskyy said Sunday that he was sending a Ukrainian delegation to Istanbul, directed by the Minister of Defense Rustem Uumerov, for another face to face with Russian representatives.

“We are doing our best to protect our independence, our state and our people,” he said.

Zelenskyy said the priorities for the meeting include “a high full and unconditional fire” and the return of prisoners and kidnapped children.

Russian news agencies said the Russian delegation was heading to Istanbul on Sunday for conversations.

Ukrainian officials had previously asked the Kremlin to provide a promised memorandum that establishes its position at the end of the war before the meeting was held. Moscow had said that he would share his memorandum during the conversations.

French agency Presse and Jennifer Jacobs contributed to this report.

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