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Ukraine reports downing 48 Russian drones

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   Ukraine's military said Tuesday it shot down two Russian guided
   missiles as well as 48 of the 79 drones that Russian forces used in
   overnight attacks.

   The intercepts took place over the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Khmelnytskyi,
   Kyiv, Odesa, Poltava, Sumy and Zhytomyr regions, the Ukrainian air
   force said.

   Ivan Fedorov, governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, said Tuesday a
   Russian attack killed at least six people and wounded 16 others.
   Fedorov said on Telegram that Russia hit an infrastructure facility.

   Officials in Ukraine's Kharkiv region also reported a Russian attack
   that injured two people and damaged three apartment buildings.

   Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday it destroyed six Ukrainian
   aerial drones over the Kursk region.

   The governor of Bryansk, Alexander Bogomaz, said on Telegram there were
   no reports of damage or casualties.

   A spokesperson for the South Korean Defense Ministry said at a briefing
   Tuesday that there are more than 10,000 North Korea soldiers currently
   in Russia, including a portion deployed to frontline areas such as in
   Kursk.

   The statement, which spokesperson Jeon Ha-Gyu said was based on
   intelligence authorities, came a day after a similar assessment from
   the U.S. Defense Department.

   Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters that there
   could be as many as 11,000 to 12,000 North Korean troops in Russia,
   with most of them in Kursk.

   Ryder said the Pentagon could not corroborate reports that the North
   Koreans were engaged in combat.

   Some information for this story was provided by Agence France-Presse
   and Reuters.

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