Russia launched its largest aerial attack since the war began, killing more than 30 cities and villages across Ukraine on Sunday night. The news agency AP report killed at least 12 people and injured dozens of 367 missiles and a second straight night rains.Ukraine’s Air Force spokesman Yuri Inat confirmed that Russia deployed 69 missiles and 298 drones, including Iranian -manufactured Shahed UAVs. “It was the biggest strike in terms of the number of air strikes on Ukraine since the beginning of the full scale invasion in 2022,” he was said by AP.The air attack was a national holiday with Kiev Day, which is usually a festive opportunity in a mourning. Four people died and 16 were injured in Kiev alone, with residential buildings and a hostel damaged by drone debris. “One night after one night, a difficult Sunday morning in Ukraine,” Foreign Minister Andree Sibiha said on X.Emergency officials said three children were among the dead in the Zitomeir region, while four people were killed in Khamelntski and in a mykolaiva, emergency officials said. Many districts caught fire, and in Markhalivka village, many houses were leveled. Libov Fedoranco, a 76 -year -old resident, told AP, “The road looks like Bakhmut like Maripol.”Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski accused Russia of “intentionally attack on ordinary cities” and called for difficult sanctions. “In fact, without strong pressure on the Russian leadership, this cruelty cannot be prevented,” he wrote on X.Russia and Ukraine stopped attempts to reach a ceasefire, one of the few signs of cooperation a few hours before operating a third major prisoner exchange.According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, each side brought 303 more soldiers home on Sunday. On Saturday, the release of 307 soldiers and citizens and after 390 on Friday, it made it the largest such swap in the war over three years. “This is the best day,” Olena said, who re -associated with her husband Yuri after six months of Russian imprisonment in a video shared by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense.Despite these swaps, the fight has not decreased. The battle continues in the 1,000 km front line. Ukraine said it intercepted 266 drones and 45 missiles, but at least 22 places still hit, BBC reported.Meanwhile, Russia claimed that it had stopped 100 Ukrainian drones overnight, which included several near Moscow. According to Reuters, drone debris damaged buildings in the Libra region of Russia, although there were no casualties.Diplomatic expectations remain unconscious. While the Istanbul meeting led the prisoner exchange, Russia has not accepted the proposals for ceasefire. Zelansky warned, “Russia is taking out the war … the world may walk for the weekend, but the war continues.”
