Russia reported some 60 drones and several missiles shot down over its territory overnight into Sunday, with Ukraine in turn saying it 🌱destroyed over 30 Russian drones. Russia's renewed offensive con🥀tinues to play out in Ukraine's war-ravaged northeast.
Russian air defences shot down 57 Ukrainian drones over its southern Krasnodar region overnight Saturday, the Russian Defence Ministry said S🔴unday morning.
Local military officials said drone debris hi♚t an oil refinery in the town of Slavyansk-on-Kuban, but there was no fire or damage. Local news outlet Astra publi꧟shed videos appearing to show an explosion at the refinery as it was hit by a drone. The videos could not be independently verified.
Nine long-range ballistic missiles and a drone were destroyed over the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula, following Friday mor🐈ning's massive Ukrainian drone attack that cut♉ off power in the city of Sevastopol.
A further three drones were sho💝t down over the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. According to regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, a church roo🍌f was set on fire by falling drone debris, but there were no casualties.
In Ukraine, air force officials said air defence shot down all 3🐻7 Russian drones launched against the country overnight.
In the northeastern Kharkiv region, where Moscow recently launched a new offensive, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said Sunday morning that one person died and 11 were wo𒁏unded as a result of shelling over the previous day.
Ukrainian troops are fi🦩ghting to halt Russian advances in the Kha❀rkiv region that began late last week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a๊ visit to China that Moscow's offensive in the Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but that there are no plans to capture the city.
