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Ukraine Says It Shot Down Massive Wave Of Drones And Missiles

Ukrainian air defenses intercept a Shahed drone over Kyiv. (file photo)
Ukrainian air defenses intercept a Shahed drone over Kyiv. (file photo)

Russia launched 50 drones and five cruise missiles on nine Ukrainian regions on June 7, but the large attack was almost completely repelled by Ukraine's air defenses, air force commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk said in a statement. "Forty-eight attack drones and five Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles were shot down in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kirovohrad, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Khmelnytskiy regions," Oleshchuk said. In the Kyiv region, the attack caused a fire at an industrial facility, regional Governor Ruslan Kravchenko said, adding that there had been no casualties. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.

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