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Ukraine updates: Kyiv downs swarm of Iranian-made drones

Ukraine says it has shot down more than two dozen drones and a missile launched by Russia. Meanwhile, a media report says Vladimir Putin might next month announce a new run for the presidency in 2024.


Ukraine updates: Kyiv downs swarm of Iranian-made drones
Ukraine updates: Kyiv downs swarm of Iranian-made drones

Ukraine says Russia shoots down 29 drones, missile


Ukraine says it has downed over two dozen Iranian-made kamikaze attack drones and a cruise missile that Russian forces launched from the Crimean peninsula.


Kyiv says Russia has resumed its campaign of aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure that left millions without heating and water for long periods last year.


"On the night of October 3, 2023, Russian occupiers attacked [Ukraine] with 31 Shaheds [unmanned aerial vehicles] and an Iskander-K cruise missile," the air force said, adding that it had downed the missile and 29 of the drones.


The drones and missiles were shot down by forces responsible for the southern region of Mykolaiv and the central region of Dnipropetrovsk, the air force said.


President Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday urged European Union foreign ministers who met in Kyiv to widen sanctions on Russia and also Iran for its supply of attack drones to Moscow.


Source: DW

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