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Ukraine reports destroying 42 Russian drones targeting areas across Ukraine

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  • Ukraine reports destroying 42 Russian drones targeting areas across Ukraine
  • September 19, 2024
  • Article Body Text <p>Ukraine said Thursday its air defenses shot down all 42 drones that Russia used in overnight attacks targeting regions across the country.</p> <p>Ukraine’s air force said it also shot down a Russian guided missile. Russia’s attacks included drones directed at the Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Rivne, Vinnytsia, and Zhytomyr regions, the military said.</p> <p>Russia’s Defense Ministry said it destroyed two Ukrainian drones over the Kursk region and another drone over the Belgorod region.</p> <p>The exchange of aerial attacks came a day after a Ukrainian drone hit a warehouse in Russia’s Tver region, sparking a large fire and forcing evacuations in the area.</p> <p>&quot;The enemy hit an ammunition depot in the area of Toropets,&quot; said Yuri Podolyaka, a Ukrainian-born, pro-Russian military blogger, Reuters reported. &quot;Everything that can burn is already burning there (and exploding).&quot;</p> <p>Igor Rudenya, governor of the Tver region, said on Telegram that the drones had been shot down and a fire was burning, but the situation was “under control.”</p> <p>In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not mention the blast specifically, but said a “very important result was achieved” on Russian territory that weakened the enemy.</p> <p>Ukraine’s state security service earlier said the warehouse held missiles, guided bombs and artillery ammunition. Previously, Russian media had called the site a major conventional arms arsenal.</p> <p><em>Some information for this report was provided by Agence France-Presse and Reuters.</em></p>
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  • Embargo Date September 19, 2024 06:09 EDT
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