Ukraine, Russia each say they foiled dozens of drone attacks

Kyiv, Ukraine — 

Russia said connected Saturday it had downed 47 Ukrainian drones portion Kyiv reported neutralized 24 drones fired by Moscow.

The Ukrainian aerial unit said galore missiles were fired from the Russian borderline portion of Belgorod, without specifying the fig oregon the type.

It said Russia had fired 28 drones astatine Ukraine, of which 24 were destroyed successful the Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Mikolayev and Kherson regions.

The Ukrainian main of unit besides said Kyiv's forces had struck a substance depot overnight successful the eastbound Russian-occupied Lugansk region, mounting it connected fire. It did not springiness immoderate details.

Moscow did not corroborate the attack. But the Russian defence ministry said its forces had downed 47 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 17 successful the southeastern Krasnodar region, 16 implicit the Azov Sea and 12 implicit the borderline portion of Lursk.

The Krasnodar politician said connected Telegram that Ukrainian drone attacks had damaged 3 homes and acceptable a conveyance connected fire.

Russian forces person made advances crossed the eastbound beforehand enactment and targeted Ukraine's powerfulness grid arsenic the state faces its toughest wintertime since the full-scale Russian penetration started successful February 2022.