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Russia, Ukraine Down Drones in Latest Overnight Attacks

by VOA News

   Russia and Ukraine each reported thwarting drone attacks by the other
   on Thursday.

   Ukraine's military reported downing 22 of the 33 drones Russia launched
   in overnight attacks, while adding that several of the other drones
   that made it through Ukrainian air defenses did not reach their
   targets.

   Most of the drones were directed at northern and southern Ukraine,
   including the Sumy, Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

   Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defenses destroyed one Ukrainian
   drone over the Moscow region, while another was intercepted near the
   country's second-largest city, St. Petersburg.

   Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram there were no casualties
   and no damage from debris that fell from a downed drone.
   Some material for this report came from The Associated Press and
   Reuters.