Russia unleashes major drone, missile attack on Ukraine as US diplomatic talks continue

Russia launched a large onslaught against Ukraine overnight arsenic talks betwixt Ukraine and the U.S. continued successful Florida this week.

Moscow sent 653 drones and 51 missiles crossed Ukraine, leaving 8 radical injured, Ukrainian officials said.

French president Emmanuel Macron condemned the attacks, penning connected X "We indispensable proceed to enactment unit connected Russia to unit it towards peace."

Macron said helium plans to conscionable with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and their British and German counterparts successful London connected Monday.

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Ukrainian Fire Point's Flamingo missiles are inspected successful the Ukraine connected Thursday.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Zelenskyy said connected Saturday that helium had a "substantive telephone call" with American officials progressive successful the talks with the Ukrainian delegation successful Miami.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff connected Friday shared a readout of the talks, which besides included President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

The readout called the talks "constructive discussions connected advancing a credible pathway toward a durable and conscionable bid successful Ukraine."

"American and Ukrainian parties underscored that an extremity to the warfare and credible steps toward ceasefire and de-escalation are indispensable to forestall renewed aggression and to alteration Ukraine’s broad redevelopment plan, designed to marque the federation stronger and much prosperous than earlier the war."

People stitchery successful Kyiv connected Saturday during a blackout caused by Russia's ongoing strikes connected Ukraine's vigor infrastructure.  (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Following Russia’s Friday nighttime barrage, Ukraine’s aerial unit said 29 locations were hit, and the subject was capable to sprout down 585 drones and 30 missiles.

Three of the 8 wounded were wounded successful the Kyiv region, section officials reported.

The "massive’ onslaught besides targeted powerfulness stations successful the state and the Zaporizhzhia atomic powerfulness works temporarily mislaid powerfulness overnight, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant seen successful 2022.  (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Zaporizhzhia is nether Russian power and not successful use, but it needs powerfulness to chill its shutdown reactors to forestall a catastrophic incident.

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Zelenskyy said that a drone onslaught had besides "burned down" the bid presumption successful the metropolis of Fastiv, adjacent Kyiv.

In retaliatory strikes, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces aboriginal said Ukrainian forces said its subject deed Russia’s Ryazan Oil Refinery.