Ukrainian forces destroy 36 Russian drones

Ukraine’s military said Tuesday it shot down 36 of the 60 drones that Russian forces deployed in overnight attacks.

The intercepts took place in the Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia regions, Ukraine’s air force said.

Serhiy Lysak, governor of Dnipropetrovsk, said on Telegram that the drone attacks and Russian shelling damaged several homes and a power line.

In Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine, Governor Serhii Tiurin reported the Russian attack damaged several homes.

Officials in the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine said a farm building was damaged there.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday its air defenses destroyed four Ukrainian aerial drones, including three over the Rostov region and one over Voronezh.

Both Rostov and Voronezh are located along the Russia-Ukraine border and are frequent targets of Ukrainian drones.

The governors of Rostov and Voronezh each said on Telegram there were no reports of damage or casualties as a result of the Ukrainian attacks. 
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