Ukrainian military says it downed all 32 drones launched by Russia overnight


  • World
  • Friday, 05 Jul 2024

KYIV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian air force said it downed all 32 drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack on Friday.

The Ukrainian military shot down the drones over seven regions, the military reported via the Telegram messaging app.

Three drones were shot down over the southern region of Mykolaiv, its governor said. Three more were downed over Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the governor.

The Kyiv region governor reported that the air defence was at work to shoot down the drones in the early hours of Friday.

Reuters could not independently verify the information immediately.

(Reporting by Anastasiia Malenko; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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