As Turkey peace talks loom Zelensky said he will send a delegation to Istanbul for peace talks with Russia after a Russian missile strike killed 12 Ukrainian troops. Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Sunday it had hit Russian military planes worth a combined US$7 billion in a wave of drone strikes on Russian airbases thousands of kilometres behind the front lines.
“$7 billion: This is the estimated cost of the enemy’s strategic aviation, which was hit today as a result of the SBU’s special operation,” the agency said in a social media post.
Ukraine said on Sunday it launched a “large-scale” attack to destroy Russian bombers as it geared up for talks in Istanbul with Moscow counterparts to explore prospects of a ceasefire.
The spectacular US$7 billion damage claim came as Kyiv announced a Russian military strike killed at least 12 soldiers at an army training site.
Russia also said two bridges that collapsed in regions bordering Ukraine were brought down by explosions. Officials were treating them as “acts of terrorism” but had not immediately accused Ukraine.
