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Russia and Ukraine report overnight drone strikes with no casualties

Russia and Ukraine report overnight drone strikes with no casualties
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Moscow said its forces struck logistics and communications facilities in Ukraine, while Kyiv reported intercepting 87 Russian drones. Neither side reported deaths or injuries.

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Russia and Ukraine exchanged overnight drone strikes, with both sides reporting attacks but no immediate casualties.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday that its forces had struck logistics and communications facilities in Ukraine, as well as a cargo vessel carrying military and dual-use goods for Ukrainian forces, according to the ministry.

Russia reports strikes on Ukrainian facilities

The ministry said the attacks targeted a transport and logistics centre in Kyiv, where a facility producing unmanned boats had been established, and a data centre in the Odesa region that processed intelligence and other service information for Ukrainian forces.

It also said a dry cargo vessel carrying military equipment and dual-use goods for Ukrainian forces was hit at the port of Chornomorsk in the Odesa region.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukraine responded with drone attacks and claimed that air defence systems had intercepted and destroyed 330 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones.

Kyiv reports Russian drone attacks

Ukraine’s General Staff said its air defences had shot down or suppressed 87 Russian drones. It reported strikes at 11 locations and falling debris from downed drones at four sites.

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said there had been impacts in Kyiv, Odesa and Sumy, but reported no deaths or injuries.

The claims made by both sides could not be independently verified.

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