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KYIV, June 1:
\nA Ukrainian drone attack has destroyed more than 40 Russian planes deep in Russia\u2019s territory, a Ukrainian security official told The Associated Press on Sunday, while Russia pounded Ukraine with missiles and drones a day before the two sides meet for a new round of direct talks in Istanbul.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to disclose operational details, said the attack took over 1 1\/2-year to execute and was personally supervised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
\nThe operation saw drones transported in containers carried by trucks deep into Russian territory, he said.
\nThe drones reportedly hit 41 planes stationed at several airfields on Sunday afternoon, including A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22M aircraft, the official said.
\nMoscow has previously used Tupolev Tu-95 and Tu-22 long-range bombers to launch missiles at Ukraine, while A-50s are used to coordinate targets and detect air defences and guided missiles.
\nRussia\u2019s Defence Ministry in a statement confirmed the attacks, which spanned five airfields. The FPV drones damaged aircraft and sparked fires on air bases in the Irkutsk region, more than 4,000 kilometres from Ukraine, as well as Russia\u2019s northern Murmansk, it said.
\nStrikes were repelled in the Amur region in Russia\u2019s Far East and in the western regions of Ivanovo and Ryazan, the ministry said.
\nThe attack came the same day as Zelenskyy said Ukraine will send a delegation to Istanbul for a new round of direct peace talks with Russia on Monday.
\nIn a statement on Telegram, Zelenskyy said that Defence Minister Rustem Umerov will lead the Ukrainian delegation. \u201cWe are doing everything to protect our independence, our state and our people,\u201d Zelenskyy said.
\nUkrainian officials had previously called on the Kremlin to provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the war before the meeting takes place. Moscow had said it would share its memorandum during the talks.
\nRussia on Sunday launched the biggest number of drones \u2013 472 \u2013 on Ukraine since the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine\u2019s air force said.
\nRussian forces also launched seven missiles alongside the barrage of drones, said Yuriy Ignat, head of communications for the air force. Earlier Sunday, Ukraine\u2019s army said at least 12 Ukrainian service members were killed and more than 60 were injured in a Russian missile strike on an army training unit.
\nThe strike occurred at 12:50 p.m., the statement said, emphasising that no formations or mass gatherings of personnel were being held at the time.
\nUkrainian army commander Mykhailo Drapatyi later Sunday submitted his resignation following the attack. He was a respected commander whose leadership saw Ukraine regain land on the eastern front for the first time since Kyiv\u2019s 2022 counteroffensive.
\nThe training unit was located to the rear of the 1,000-kilometre active front line, where Russian reconnaissance and strike drones are able to strike. Ukraine\u2019s forces lack troops and take extra precautions to avoid mass gatherings as the skies across the front line are saturated with Russian drones looking for targets.<\/p>\n

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