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Russian drone attack damages Kyiv residential buildings

by VOA News

   Russian drone attacks injured at least one person in Ukraine's capital,
   officials in Kyiv said Monday.

   Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram falling debris from drones
   shot down by Ukrainian air defenses damaged several residential
   buildings.

   Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said on
   Telegram that as many as a dozen Russian drones were involved in the
   attack, but that all of them were destroyed.

   Russian drones also targeted Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine. Governor
   Vitalii Kim said Monday on Telegram that air defenses downed three
   drones overnight.

   Russia's Defense Ministry reported Monday it destroyed 18 Ukrainian
   drones launched in overnight attacks.

   Eleven of the drones were shot down over the Rostov region, while
   another four were destroyed over Bryansk, two over Kursk and one over
   Oryol.

   Officials in Kursk reported there were no casualties and no damage
   reported from the attacks.

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