On the eve of peace talks, Russia and Ukraine are intensifying cross -border attacks

On the eve of the peace talks, Ukraine and Russia increased the war with one of the largest drones battles in their struggle and an ambitious attack on a bomber capable of weapons in the depths of Siberia.

Days after uncertainty about whether Ukraine will attend or not, President Voludimir Zelinski said that Defense Secretary Rostat Omrouf will sit with Russian officials in the second round of Istanbul’s direct peace talks on Monday.

The first round of conversations more than a week ago resulted in the largest exchange of prisoners – but there is no sense of any unanimity on how to stop the fighting.

Amid talking about peace, there was a lot of war.

The Ukrainian intelligence official said that Ukraine attacked the Russian long -term bombers that could be nucleus at a military base in the depths of Siberia on Sunday.

The official said that the operation included hiding drones inside the wooden shed surfaces and loading them on paid trucks to the vicinity of air bases.

A total of 41 Russian warplanes were struck, according to the official.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has admitted to the Telegram correspondence that Ukraine fired drones against Russian military airports in five areas on Sunday.

She said that the attacks repelled the attacks in all two regions, with the exception of two regions – Murmansk in the far north and Arkutsk in Siberia – where “FPV drones were launched from an area close to the aircraft to several aircraft.”

Fires were extinguished without losses. The ministry said that some individuals involved in the attacks had been detained.

Russia said 472 drones in Ukraine during the night. The Air Force said that Russia had launched seven missiles.

Russia said it had advanced deeper into the Sumi region of Ukraine, and the open source maps showed the Ukrainian source that it took 450 square kilometers of Ukrainian lands in May, and faster progressing monthly in at least six months.

Negotists to meet in Türkiye

US President Donald Trump demanded Russia and Ukraine to reach a peace agreement and threatened to stay away if they did not. This would push responsibility for Ukraine’s support on the shoulders of European powers, which have much lower money and much smaller arms than the United States.

According to Trump Keith’s envoy, the two sides in Türkiye will meet to present their documents that define their ideas on the terms of peace, although it is clear that after three years of intense war, Moscow and Kayef are still separated.

Putin ordered tens of thousands of forces invading Ukraine in February 2022 after eight years of fighting in eastern Ukraine between Russian -backed separatists and Ukrainian forces. The United States says more than 1.2 million people have been killed and wounded in the war since 2022.

Trump described Putin as “crazy” and Zelinski’s reprimand in public places in the Oval Office, but the American president also said he believed that peace can be achieved and that if Putin is late, he may impose difficult sanctions on Russia.

In June of last year, Putin set his opening conditions for an immediate end of the war: Ukraine must drop NATO ambitions and withdraw all its forces from the total lands of four Ukrainian regions, most of which are controlled by Russia.

Ukrainian negotiators in Istanbul will present to the Russian side a proposed road map to reach a permanent peace settlement, according to a copy of the document that Reuters saw.

The document indicates that there will be no restrictions on the military force in Ukraine after the conclusion of a peace deal, and no international recognition of Russian sovereignty over parts of Ukraine, which was taken by the Moscow forces and its incements to Ukraine.

The document also stated that the current location of the front line will be the starting point for negotiations on land.

Russia is currently controlling a little less than five of Ukraine, or about 11,3100 square kilometers.