the Ukrainian army shot down 40 drones overnight

A 56-year-old woman was killed by a guided bomb, the governor of the Kharkiv region announced.

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A building destroyed by Russian strikes, in Dnipro, Ukraine, January 14, 2024. (MYKOLA MIAKSHYKOV / NURPHOTO / AFP)

Ukraine announced on Sunday February 11 that it had destroyed most of the drones launched by Russia during the night. “The occupier launched 45 drone attacks. And at the end of the fighting, 40 Shahed drones were destroyed,” the Ukrainian air forces said on Telegram. Falling debris lightly injured a 39-year-old man in the Dnipro region (central-east), said Governor Sergiy Lysak.

Guided bombs targeted the village of Vodyane in the eastern Kharkiv region, killing a 56-year-old woman, Governor Oleg Synegoubov said.

The day before, in Kharkiv, seven people, including three children, aged 7 and 4, and a six-month-old baby, were killed during a nighttime drone strike on a gas station which caused a destructive fire which It has spread to around fifteen houses. In recent days, strikes by the Russian army have targeted Kharkiv and further east, the town of Velykyï Bourlouk, but also the regions of Kherson and Odessa, in the south of the country.

Volodymyr Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron discuss Ukraine’s weapons and ammunition needs

The Ukrainian head of state, Volodymyr Zelensky, also declared on Saturday that he had discussed with Emmanuel Macron the needs of Ukraine in arms and ammunition, in the run-up to a visit by the French president to Ukraine announced for the month of February. Volodymyr Zelensky thanked France for its support “unwavering”.

Emmanuel Macron “reiterated France’s determination to provide all the necessary support, over time and with all of its partners, to defeat Russia’s war of aggression”added the French presidency, while the two countries are finalizing a bilateral security agreement.


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