Live War in Ukraine, day 1195: Major attack with Ukrainian drones overnight before Istanbul negotiations
Ukrainian operator controlling a military drone. Photo: Dmyro Smolieko / Ukrinfor / SIPA Press / Profimedia
Ukraine has performed an aerial drone attack overnight, especially on the Russian regions Kursk and Voronej, the forces of Moscow saying that 162 such devices were intercepted. The attack comes one day after an unusual operation of the Ukrainians, who announced that they were hit with hidden drones in containers transported by trucks from tens of aircraft from strategic bombers in Russia. The latest Ukrainian strokes and the recent acceleration of the operations of the Russian army come in the context in which, in Istanbul, new peace negotiations are scheduled, although the positions of Kiev and Moscow seem to be far from each other.
The evolutions of Monday, Day 1195 of the Ukraine War, LiveText:
Overnight drone attacks on Kursk and Voronej regions caused fires in residential areas and disturbed traffic on an important highway, regional officials said Monday morning.
A number of 57 drones were shot down above the Kursk region on the border with Ukraine, according to the Russians,
The debris fallen from Drones destroyed in the Kursk region caused fires at several houses and damaged apartments, the interim governor, Alexander Khinshtein, said on Telegram.
In the Voronej region of southern Russia, where Russian air units destroyed 16 Ukrainian drones, regional governor Alexander Gusev said that drone residues have sectioned electricity cables that fell on M-4, an important highway.
Nicușor Dan Monday makes the first external travel as president / summit will also participate Mark Rutte and Volodimir Zelenski.
The President of Romania, Nicușor Dan, will participate on Monday, July 2, in the summit of the Bucharest 9 (B9) Plus the Nordic countries, hosted in Vilnius by the Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nausėda. It is Dan's first external movement from taking over the mandate.
The summit brings together representatives of the countries on the eastern and northern flank of NATO. Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski and the Secretary General of the Alliance, Mark Rutte will be present.
