Ukraine’s Safety Service stated it deployed particular drones to assault the Russian Kirovske army airfield in Crimea.
Ukraine stated it carried out an in a single day drone strike on the Kirovske airfield in Crimea and claimed that a number of Russian helicopters and an air defence system have been destroyed within the strike.
In keeping with a Ukraine Safety Service (SBU) assertion, the drones focused areas the place Russian aviation models, air defence belongings, ammunition depots and unmanned aerial automobiles have been situated. The company claimed that Mi-8, Mi-26, and Mi-28 helicopters, in addition to a Pantsir-S1 missile and gun system have been destroyed.
“Secondary detonations continued all through the night time on the airfield,” the SBU stated, calling the strike a part of broader efforts to disrupt Russian aerial operations. “The enemy should perceive that costly army gear and ammunition will not be protected wherever – not on the road of contact, not in Crimea, and never deep within the rear.”
The Russian defence ministry stated greater than 40 Ukrainian drones have been shot down in a single day and Saturday morning over Crimea.
On the identical time, Ukrainian officers stated two individuals have been killed and 14 others have been wounded throughout a Russian drone strike on the port metropolis of Odesa.
Odesa Governor Oleg Kiper stated on Telegram that those that have been killed have been as a result of a drone strike on a “residential constructing”. Among the many 14 injured, “three of them youngsters”, Kiper added.
The governor of the southern Kherson area, Oleksandr Prokudin, stated that one particular person was killed and three others have been wounded in Russian strikes in the course of the previous day.
“Russian troops focused important and social infrastructure and residential areas within the area,” Prokudin added.
Territorial positive factors
Amid the newest assaults, Russia’s defence ministry stated it had taken management of the settlement of Chervona Zirka within the japanese Donetsk area, which Moscow has claimed is a part of Russia since an unlawful election in late 2022.
After direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkiye this month to finish the battle, which started in 2022, either side have been unable to return to a mutual understanding.
Moscow has stated any territory taken in the course of the battle should be retained. Kyiv has staunchly rejected any peace proposal that requires it to surrender land to Russia.
On Friday, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin stated that the 2 international locations’ calls for have been “completely contradictory”.
“That’s why negotiations are being organised and performed, so as to discover a path to bringing them nearer collectively,” Putin stated at a press convention in Minsk, Belarus. He added that the 2 sides would “proceed additional contact” after prisoner exchanges agreed on the Istanbul talks had been accomplished.
Russia and Ukraine have performed a number of prisoner-of-war swaps since agreeing to free greater than 1,000 captured troopers.
