kyiv claims to have shot down 35 Russian drones overnight

Three Russian missiles hit the town of Myrnograd in eastern Ukraine, injuring nine people.

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A Ukrainian army drone flies over Kostiantynivka (Ukraine), February 24, 2024. (WOLFGANG SCHWAN / ANADOLU / AFP)

The Ukrainian Air Force said on Sunday March 10 that it had shot down 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones, out of a total of 39 launched by Russia during the night. These operations took place over 10 regions of central and southern Ukraine, including in the Kiev region, she said on social networks.

Furthermore, three Russian S-300 missiles struck the town of Myrnograd, in eastern Ukraine, leaving nine injured, including a teenager, according to the Ukrainian head of the Donetsk region, subject to permanent fighting, Vadym Filashkin. Nine apartment buildings were damaged, he said.

Ukrainian bombing of a Russian village

In Russia, a woman was killed on Sunday in a Ukrainian bombing targeting a village located ten kilometers from the border. “Today the village of Koulbaki was bombed from Ukraine”reported the governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoyt. “A fire broke out in an apartment building. A woman was killed and her husband was seriously burned.” The Russian Defense Ministry also reported two Ukrainian drones destroyed over the Belgorod region.


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