US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday discussed ways to settle the conflict of Russia-Ura in front of the second round of direct peace interviews in Istanbul on Monday. This comes when Ukraine and Russia increased the war one of the greatest bits of their drone their conflict.
“The situation associated with the Ukraine crisis has been discussed,” the ministry said in its statement on its website.
“SV Lavrov and M. Rubio also exchanged opinions on various initiatives on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, including plans to restore direct Russian-Ukrainian interviews in Istanbul 2.”
Meanwhile, the US Foreign Ministry said Rubio had repeated President Donald Trump’s call for continuing direct conversations between Russia and Ukraine to achieve “permanent peace”.
She also stated that during the Rubio interview he expressed his condolences over the deaths that occurred when two bridges in separate Russian regions were burned in separate Russian regions bordering with Ukraine.
“On the Russian side it was emphasized that the competent authorities would continue with thorough investigation and the results will be published. The wine parties will be identified and will undoubtedly be subject to a worthy punishment.”
Zelenskiy says “Absolutely brilliant result”
At least seven people were killed and 69 injured when the highway bridge in the Russian Bryan region in neighboring Ukraine was thrown through a passenger train heading to Moscow with 388 people on board. No one had a responsibility.
Ukraine attacked Russian nuclear bombers on a military base deep in Siberia on Sunday, said the Ukrainian intelligence official, the first such attack so far from the front line more than 4,300 km (2,670 miles).
The Ukrainian domestic intelligence service, SBU, acknowledged that it had an attack, coded “Spider’s Web”, planned for more than a year and a half.
The intelligence clerk said the operation involved hiding explosive drones inside the roofs of wooden shelters and their loading on trucks that were taken to the perimeter of the air foundations.
A total of 41 Russian war aircraft were hit, the official said. SBU estimated damage at $ 7 billion and said Russia lost 34% of its strategic missile carriers at its main airports.
Zelenskiy expressed the pleasure of “absolutely brilliant result” and noted that 117 drones were used in the attack.
(With Reuters inputs)
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