Russia launches largest drone attack against Ukraine since beginning of war, Ukrainian military says
Russia launched 273 Shahed drones in one night, the Ukrainian Air Force said, predominantly targeting the central Kyiv region.
A 28-year-old woman was killed, and three others including a four-year-old child were injured, according to Mykola Kalashnik, the governor of the Kyiv region.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, the head of Ukraine's parliament, said in a social media post Sunday: 'The air raid alarm lasted almost nine hours. This is what Putin's 'sincere desire for peace' looks like.'
The attack destroyed residential buildings, damaged a high-rise and set garages on fire, Stefanchuk wrote, adding: 'This is terror in its purest form.'
The 'massive attack' caused a number of fires, Ukraine's emergency services also said, adding that 55 rescue workers had been deployed.
Elsewhere, Russian shelling killed one person and injured eight in the Donetsk region Saturday, according to the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Vadym Filashkin. Russian drones also targeted the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, regional military chiefs said.
The latest assault comes after a Russian drone attack on a bus in Ukraine's northeastern region of Sumy killed at least nine people and injured seven Saturday, just hours after the two countries met for the first direct peace talks since the early weeks of Russia's 2022 invasion.
The negotiations in Turkey failed to produce a major breakthrough. The two countries discussed a possible meeting between their presidents, a ceasefire and agreed a prisoner swap.
The talks capped days of back-and-forth: Russia's President Vladimir Putin called for the face-to-face meeting but did not attend himself, instead sending a junior delegation after rejecting Ukraine's proposal of a 30-day ceasefire.
During the talks, Russia demanded Ukraine cede land that was still under Kyiv's control, a source familiar with Friday's negotiations told CNN, a position Ukraine has long dismissed. The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Poland called Russia's stance in the talks 'unacceptable.'
CNN's Victoria Butenko and Nick Paton Walsh contributed reporting.
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