Russian aircraft on fire after drone strike – DW – 06/01/2025

Kiev on Sunday reported a record braking number of Russian missiles and drone attacks, stating that Russia launched 472 drones and seven missiles.

Ukraine located one of the Russian missile hit “training units,” killed at least 12 Ukrainian soldiers and injured more than 60 others.

Most of the soldiers who lost their lives were in shelters during the attack.

Commander of Ukrainian Ground forces, Mykhelo Drapeti resigned after the incident, saying that he felt “responsibility” for deaths.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukraine had launched drone strikes targeting air areas in five areas.

The ministry said, “In the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions, the launch of FPV drones from an area in proximity to several aircraft caught fire,” the ministry said.

Russia said that most of the attacks were lifted.

Ukraine’s SBU Intelligence Agency said it was behind attacks on Russian aircraft, causing a loss of $ 7 billion (€ 6.17 billion).

“This is the estimated cost of the enemy’s strategic aviation, which resulted in a hits today as a result of the special operation of the SBU,” he said in the online post.

Russian officials said a passenger train was injured at least seven dead and scores after a bridge explosion in the Bryn area.

After the collapse of another bridge in Kursk, a freight train derailed a few hours later, in which there were no casualties. Russian officials said that both bridges were blown, its investigators classified the incidents as a “task of terrorism”.

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There are unconfirmed reports on this Sunday that a Ukrainian drone strike has destroyed more than 40 Russian aircraft.

Ukraine’s domestic intelligence service is claiming responsibility for the attacks, saying that she has damaged billions of dollars. Meanwhile, Moscow stated that the strike caused “several aircraft” to catch the fire.

Therefore, a senior Ukrainian military commander hit a dozen soldiers on training overnight after a Russian attack on Sunday.

Enmity comes on the eve of a new push for peace talks in Istanbul, with Volodimier Zelanski of Ukraine that his Defense Minister will lead the delegation.

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