MADRID, 16 (EUROPA PRESS)
Russian and Ukrainian authorities reported attacks in both territories Saturday night, resulting in the downing of nearly 100 unmanned aerial vehicles. This was the same night that U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a bilateral meeting to try to reach an agreement in Ukraine, but so far, the meeting has yielded no results.
The Ukrainian air force has reported that at least 85 drones have attacked the Sumi, Donetsk, Chernihiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as one ballistic missile attack.
"According to preliminary data, at 8:00 a.m. local time, air defenses suppressed 61 enemy Shahed UAVs and simulated drones of various types in the north and east of the country. Missile and 24 UAV hits were recorded at 12 locations," they said in a Telegram message.
For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry has stated that the army has intercepted 29 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over several Russian regions and the Sea of Azov.
Ten over the Rostov region, nine over the Stavropol region, four over the Kursk region, one UAV was shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Krasnodar regions, and three over the waters of the Sea of Azov," the Russian Ministry said in a message on the same platform.
In his Friday evening address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "continuing to kill" on the same day the US and Russian leaders are meeting in a show of force just hours before the Alaska summit.
A meeting in which President Trump placed the responsibility for future developments in the hands of the Ukrainian president, urging him to reach an agreement with Russia.
