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AFU repel enemy attacks near ten residential areas – General Staff.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) repelled enemy attacks near ten residential areas, as well as launched air strikes and artillery attacks against the enemy troops and equipment during the past 24 hours, on September 23, according the AFU General Staff.

"In the past 24 hours, the defense forces repelled enemy attacks near Spirne, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Kurdiumivka, Zaitseve, Mayorsk, Kamianka, Avdiyivka, and Oprosne. The defense Air Force made 25 strikes. Eighteen areas of manpower and military equipment concentration and seven positions of anti-aircraft rocket systems were hit," it said on Facebook on Saturday.

The anti-aircraft defense forces eliminated one helicopter, one plane and eight drones of the occupation forces.

The rocket and artillery forces hit six command posts, more than 20 areas of enemy manpower and equipment concentration, three anti-aircraft defense positions and four ammunition depots. The losses of the enemy are yet to be confirmed.

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Nottingham attack: Families left traumatised by 'barbaric' police WhatsApp messages.

Nottingham attack: Families left traumatised by 'barbaric' police WhatsApp messages.

Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber - who died in a stabbing attack in Nottingham, has written an emotional letter to the members of a police WhatsApp group. A police officer described the students stabbed to death in Nottingham last summer ...

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Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson appears in court charged with rape.

Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson appears in court charged with rape.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, has appeared in court charged with rape and other historical sex offences. He has been charged with one count of rape, one count of gross indecency towards a child and nine...

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Rebekah Vardy ‘furious’ after footballer ex, Luke Foster, is jailed for running cannabis factory.

Rebekah Vardy ‘furious’ after footballer ex, Luke Foster, is jailed for running cannabis factory.

Rebekah Vardy is said to be furious after her footballer ex was jailed for running a cannabis factory. Luke Foster, 38, got three years last month after admitting charges with two others. Read more here: The Sun delivers breaking news, latest goss...

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How Ukraine is trying to increase mobilization for military service - DW News.

How Ukraine is trying to increase mobilization for military service - DW News.

It's been more than two years now since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Since then, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian men have been called up to serve in the military. Many have not returned. We spoke to one mother who is comi...

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Columbia protests rage overnight past midnight deadline.

Columbia protests rage overnight past midnight deadline.

Columbia University parent Amy Gallatin joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss her concern as a mother with the widespread anti-Israel protests and how it has impacted her daughter's ability to get an education. #FoxNews Subscribe to Fox News! Wa...

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Russian oil depots blitzed by wave of Ukrainian drones in another huge blow to Putin.

Russian oil depots blitzed by wave of Ukrainian drones in another huge blow to Putin.

UKRAINIAN kamikaze drones blitzed more of Vladimir Putin's valuable oil depots in an impressive attack on three regions overnight. Dramatic clips show an enormous wall of fire raging at a valuable fuel plant in Smolensk, not far from the Ukrainian...

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