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Russia Hits Ukrainian Port in Drone Attack

by VOA News

   Ukraine said Tuesday that Russian forces used 38 drones to attack the
   country overnight, and that some made it past Ukrainian air defenses
   and caused damage at a port in the Odesa region.

   Oleh Kiper, the governor of Odesa, said on Telegram that the Russian
   attack damaged port infrastructure in the Izmail area, which is a key
   part of Ukrainian grain exports on the Danube river.

   Kiper said the attack injured two people and damaged more than 30
   vehicles.

   Ukraine's air force said it destroyed 26 of the 38 Iranian-made Shahed
   drones deployed by Russia.

   In the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, officials said the Russian
   attack overnight injured at least four people.

   The governor of Russia's Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, said
   Tuesday that a Ukrainian drone dropped an explosive on an electricity
   substation, knocking out power to several villages.

   Roman Starovoit said on Telegram there were no reported injuries from
   the attack.

   Some information for this report came from The Associated Press, Agence
   France-Presse and Reuters.