Ukraine, Russia say foiled drone attacks
Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone strikes, reporting casualties in Belgorod amid claims of neutralized attacks.
KYIV:
Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks overnight, with Russian officials saying on Saturday that Ukrainian strikes had killed one person in the Belgorod border region.
Russia said it had downed 47 Ukrainian drones overnight, while Ukraine reported it neutralised 24 drones fired by Moscow.
The Ukrainian air force said many missiles were fired from Belgorod, without specifying the number or type. It said Russia had fired 28 drones at Ukraine, of which 24 were destroyed in the Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.