Dozens of drones shot down; Official confirmation arrived: Shoot

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine entered 1.007. day. Yesterday, White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby confirmed that Ukraine has permission to use US ATACMS long-range missiles to strike the Kursk region and "next to it". During yesterday, Russia carried out strong attacks on two Ukrainian cities, Kharkiv and Odesa, in which a large number of civilians were injured.

The Russians hit the location where the foreign mercenaries were stationed

Russian troops targeted targets in several regions of Ukraine, among others in the Zhytomyr region they hit a location where foreign mercenaries were stationed, said Sergey Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian resistance movement in Mykolaiv.

"And today at night they targeted... Zhytomyr and the region: temporary bases," he announced. According to him, mercenaries from Latin America were stationed there.

Lebedev also listed other affected objects: in the Odesa region, the ports of Belgorod-Dniestrovsk and Ilyichevsk were struck, in Kyiv and the suburbs - temporary bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, drone production and service shop in the Rovinj region, an energy structure, a logistics center, personnel and weapons.

In Starokonstantinovo in the Khmelnytskyi region, the targets were a military airport and a warehouse, and in the Ternopil region - infrastructure, a training ground and a military equipment warehouse. I

In addition, the electricity in the city partially went out, the interlocutor of the agency added.

Dozens of drones targeted Kyiv

Dozens of Russian drones that attacked Kyiv during the night were discovered and destroyed by air defense, the military administration of the Ukrainian capital announced.

Russian drones came to the Ukrainian capital from different directions in waves, and the warning for an air attack lasted more than five hours, the military administration of the city of Kyiv announced, reports Ukrinform.

So far, there are no reports of damage or casualties, and the exact number of downed Russian drones is expected to be announced by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, according to the portal.

Cross-section of Russian losses on this day

More than 30 drones shot down during the night

Russian air defense systems neutralized more than three dozen Ukrainian drones over seven regions of Russia during the night, the Ministry of Defense announced.

"On-duty anti-aircraft defense systems destroyed and intercepted 39 Ukrainian drones," the statement said, as reported by RIA Novosti.

It is specified that 24 drones were shot down over the Rostov region, five over the Bryansk region, three over the Belgorod region and over the Kursk region, one over the Oryol and Voronezh regions, and two over the Crimea.