Ukrainian military strikes airbase on Russian soil over holiday weekend, killing three: report - Fox News

A Ukrainian drone attack connected a subject aerial basal successful southern Russia killed 3 Russian work members implicit the vacation weekend.

"If Russians thought that warfare won’t interaction them successful their heavy rear, they were profoundly wrong," Ukrainian aerial defence spokesman Yuriy Ihnat said of the attack, according to a Bloomberg report.

The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that the 3 Russian work members died arsenic a effect of falling wreckage aft its forces changeable down the Ukrainian drones, portion nary craft were damaged successful the attack.

The vacation onslaught connected Engels Air Base, which is successful Russia's Saratov portion and is situated implicit 300 miles from the country's borderline with Ukraine, is the 2nd onslaught the aerial basal has seen successful little than a month. On Dec. 5, a akin onslaught connected the basal damaged 2 Tu-95 bombers. Ukraine has not officially claimed work for either attack.

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Vladimir Putin's penetration of Ukraine is present into its 10th month. (Contributor/Getty Images)

The reported onslaught comes arsenic the Ukrainian subject claimed Sunday that Russia fired implicit 40 missiles into Ukrainian towns connected Christmas Day but did not merchandise immoderate reports connected harm oregon casualties successful the attack.

The speech betwixt the 2 countries comes aft Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a high-profile travel to the U.S. to conscionable with President Biden and code a associated gathering of Congress past week, erstwhile helium appealed to Americans and Western allies to proceed enactment for his country's defence against Russia's subject invasion.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Sunday that Moscow was unfastened to bid talks but accused Ukraine and the West of not engaging the Kremlin.

"We are acceptable to negociate with everyone progressive astir acceptable solutions, but that is up to them - we are not the ones refusing to negotiate, they are," Putin said during an interrogation connected Russian authorities television.

A Ukrainian firefighter and serviceman inspect a damaged location pursuing a Russian drone onslaught successful the colony of Stari Bezradychi, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dan)

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However, the U.S. and Ukraine person continued to contradict Russia has shown immoderate openness to talks, with Zelenskyy advisor Mykhailo Podolyak arguing Sunday that Putin was attempting to side-step work for the deaths of Ukraine's citizens.

"Russia single-handedly attacked Ukraine and is sidesplitting citizens," the advisor said. "Russia doesn't privation negotiations, but tries to debar responsibility."

In a Christmas code to Ukrainians, Zelenskyy boasted that Ukrainian forces had continued to manus Putin defeats connected the battlefield but warned residents to beryllium "ready for immoderate scenario" arsenic the struggle drags connected into 2023.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives to talk during a associated gathering of Congress astatine the U.S. Capitol connected Dec. 21, 2022. (Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"Russia has mislaid everything it could this year. ... I cognize acheronian volition not forestall america from starring the occupiers to caller defeats," helium said. "But we person to beryllium acceptable for immoderate scenario."