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Russia launches war's largest drone attack after peace talks, Ukraine says

c/world · u/MicroWave@lemmy.world · 178 points

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The largest known Russian drone attack since full-scale war began in 2022 killed a woman in the Kyiv region and injured at least three people, Ukrainian authorities said early on Sunday, as Moscow stepped up strikes following peace talks on Friday.

Russia launched 273 drones by 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT), targeting chiefly the central Kyiv region and the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions in the country's east, Ukraine's air force said.

Based on data provided by the air force, this was Russia's largest drone attack on Ukraine of the war. On the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 23, Moscow launched a then-record 267 drones.

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u/NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip · 3 points

Literally yes. This is why nobody takes their "peace offerings" seriously. Putin is ex-KGB/FSB; it's a strategy.

u/GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 points

I saw a clip of one of the guys in a trench talking about how much they enjoy the drones: "They mixed a sniper and an artillery round, and i fucking hate them."

u/Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works · 5 points

I saw a clip of "what the modern battlefield sounds like" from Ukraine and it's completely terrifying.

u/prex@aussie.zone · 12 points

IKR? What could be a cool hobby is now - not so much.

I can only imagine the PTSD the sound of drones must cause people & I wouldn't want to cause that in some passing refugee.

u/Yermaw@lemm.ee · 23 points

So the cease fire was just to buy them time to get them all charged up?