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Russia launches 85 attack drones, ballistic missile on Ukraine overnight, Kyiv says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia launched 85 attack drones and a ballistic missile targeting Ukraine’s territory overnight, Ukraine’s Air Force says.
Frontline territories in the Sumy, Donetsk, Chernihiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions were targeted in the overnight strikes, the air force says on the Telegram messaging app. It says its air defense units destroyed 61 of the drones.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces says in its daily morning report that 139 clashes took place on the front line over the past day.
Meanwhile, Russia’s air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 29 Ukrainian drones overnight over various Russian regions, including 10 downed over the Rostov region, RIA agency reports, citing the Russian defense ministry.
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