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Russia launched 78 drones in opposition to Ukraine in a single day from the Russian cities of Kursk, Orel, and Bryansk, Ukraine’s air power saiid in an replace on Telegram.
As of 9am native time, Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile items, digital warfare items, and cellular firing teams from the air power shot down 32 drones in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Sumy, Poltava, and Zhytomyr areas. It was reported that 45 drones had been misplaced in “location” – probably, the air power suspects, because of digital warfare countermeasures.
EU’s new overseas coverage chief visits Kyiv after in a single day airstrike
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The EU’s new overseas coverage chief, Kaja Kallas, and head of the European council, António Costa, arrived in Kyiv on Sunday in a symbolic present of assist for Ukraine on their first day in workplace.
“We got here to provide a transparent message that we stand with Ukraine, and we proceed to provide our full assist,” Costa instructed reporters.
Their go to got here after Russia launched assault drones at Kyiv in its newest in a single day airstrike on the Ukrainian capital, which has come beneath common bombardment since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Air defences destroyed round a dozen drones over the town, navy administrator Serhiy Popko stated. No accidents or deaths had been reported from the assault.
Kallas, a former prime minister of Estonia, has stated Nato should stay in a number one position with regards to European defence, with the EU supporting on points similar to boosting arms manufacturing.
In a message on X, Kallas wrote that it was a “privilege” to be in Kyiv including:
In my first go to since taking over workplace, my message is evident: the European Union needs Ukraine to win this struggle.
We are going to do no matter it takes for that.
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One little one died in Russia’s western Bryansk area after a large Ukrainian drone assault, the native governor Alexander Bogomaz has stated. Bogomaz stated the assaults fully destroyed one home within the Starodubsky municipal district. An 11-year-old boy reportedly was killed after a drone hit a five-story residential condo within the area.
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The Russian defence ministry stated its air defences destroyed 29 Ukrainian drones in a single day, together with 20 within the Bryansk area, seven in Kaluga area, and one every in Smolensk and Kursk areas.
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No less than three individuals had been killed in a Russian drone assault on the southern Ukrainian metropolis of Kherson, the regional governor stated earlier at this time. Seven extra individuals had been injured within the morning assault, which focused public transportation, Oleksandr Prokudin wrote in a publish on Telegram.
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A Russian missile strike on a city in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk area on Saturday killed a minimum of 4 individuals, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated. Greater than a dozen others had been injured, together with a toddler, whereas a residential constructing and store had been broken, in keeping with officers.
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Ukraine has requested Latin American parliamentarians and diplomats to help in its defence within the struggle with Russia. Representatives of Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, El Salvador, Ecuador, Peru and Costa Rica got here to Kyiv for a gathering with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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