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Russia launches fresh attack on Ukraine
Russia has launched a massive night-time aerial attack on Ukraine, with 140 drones.
Sources from Kiev said on Thursday morning.
The Ukrainian military said 85 of the drones were shot down and the locations of 52 were lost due to electronic countermeasures.
Damage was reported in the Kharkiv and Odessa regions.
The Regional Governor of the Southern Odessa Region, Oleh Kiper, wrote on Telegram that a woman was injured in the attacks.
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“Port infrastructure and an inoperative educational institution were additionally damaged,” he said.
The Russian Ministry of Defence reported on Thursday morning that overnight 83 Ukrainian drones were intercepted and destroyed over nine Russian regions.
The affected areas were the regions of Bryansk, Kursk, Lipetsk, Tver, Belgorod, Kaluga, Smolensk, Voronezh, and Rostov.
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