Russia launched its largest aerial attack of the war, Ukraine says

Russia launched its biggest aerial attack overnight since the start of the war against Ukraine a Ukrainian official reported on Sunday Moscow fired aerial weapons toward Ukraine including drones and decoys and missiles according to Ukraine's air force Among these weapons were shot down and were lost likely electronically jammed The attack was the preponderance massive airstrike against Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion in February Yuriy Ihnat head of communications for Ukraine s air force informed The Associated Press taking into account both drones and various types of missiles ZELENSKYY POINTEDLY THANKS TRUMP AMERICA FOR UKRAINE ENDORSEMENT MONTHS AFTER VANCE'S JAB ABOUT LACK OF GRATITUDESeveral regions were targeted including western Ukraine located far from the front line Poland and allied countries scrambled aircraft to ensure the safety of Polish airspace Poland's air force noted One person was killed in a drone strike in the Kherson region according to Gov Oleksandr Prokudin while another died when a drone hit a car in the Kharkiv region its Gov Oleh Syniehubov declared Six people were wounded in Cherkasy including a child regional Gov Ihor Taburets mentioned RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SAYS MOSCOW HAS 'NO INTENTION' OF SUPPLYING IRAN WITH WARHEADS FOLLOWING TRUMP TAUNTSIn the far-western Lviv region a large fire broke out at an industrial facility in the city of Drohobych after a drone attack that also cut electricity to parts of the city Ukraine s air force stated one of its F- warplanes supplied by the West crashed after sustaining damage as it was shooting down air targets killing the pilot The new attacks come after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Friday that Moscow is ready for another round of direct peace talks in Istanbul to end the war No end appears to be in sight as international peace efforts coordinated by the U S have not yet led to any breakthroughs Two latest rounds of talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul were brief and yielded no progress on reaching an agreement The Associated Press contributed to this summary