Ukraine says it struck a Russian airbase as Moscow steps up bombing campaign on Ukraine

Published connected 05/07/2025 - 13:10 GMT+2•Updated 14:01

Ukraine claimed it struck a Russian airbase connected Saturday, while Russia continued to lb Ukraine pinch hundreds of drones overnight arsenic portion of a stepped-up bombing run that has further shattered hopes for a breakthrough successful negotiations to extremity nan much than three-year-old war.

According to Ukraine’s subject General Staff, Ukrainian forces struck nan Borisoglebsk airbase successful Russia’s Voronezh region, a guidelines it described arsenic nan “home base” of Russia’s Su-34, Su-35S, and Su-30SM combatant jets.

Writing connected Facebook, nan General Staff said it deed a depot containing glide bombs, a training aircraft, and “possibly different aircraft." Russian officials did not instantly remark connected nan attack.

The declare came arsenic Russia continued its battle connected Ukraine, firing 322 drones and decoys into Ukraine overnight into Saturday. According to Ukraine's airforce, nan Russian onslaught was chiefly directed astatine nan Khmelnytskyi Oblast metropolis of Starokostiantyniv.

It said that 135 UAVs vanished disconnected radar and 157 were changeable down, though nan effect of nan Russian onslaught was felt successful 4 locations, pinch debris falling successful six places, but nary casualties were reported.

Russia has been stepping up its long-range attacks connected Ukraine pinch waves of drones and missiles targeting nan Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, overnight into Friday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 group and wounding astatine slightest 26 others.

Is Trump's mediation effort failing?

The caller activity of attacks came aft Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he had a “very important and productive” telephone telephone pinch U.S. President Donald Trump.

The 2 leaders discussed really Ukrainian aerial defences mightiness beryllium strengthened, imaginable associated weapons accumulation betwixt nan US and Ukraine, and broader US-led efforts to extremity nan warfare pinch Russia, according to a connection by Zelenksyy.

Asked Friday nighttime by reporters astir nan call, Trump said, “We had a very bully call, I think.”

When asked astir uncovering a measurement to extremity nan fighting, Trump said, “I don’t know. I can’t show you whether aliases not that’s going to happen.”

Trump's telephone pinch Zelenskyy came amid increasing interest astir nan proviso of American weapons to Ukraine, and soon aft his telephone pinch Russian President Vladimir Putin, who offered nary dream connected Trump's attempts to extremity nan war.

The US has paused immoderate shipments of subject assistance to Ukraine, including important aerial defence missiles.

Going by nan imaginable risk, Ukraine's main European supporters are reasoning astir really they whitethorn assistance successful making up nan difference. According to Zelenskyy, efforts are underway to grow Ukraine's home armaments sector, but it will return clip to standard up.