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Air Force: Ukraine downs 23 drones overnight
Ukrainian air defense units destroyed 23 of the 24 Shahed-type drones that Russia launched overnight, the Air Force reported on May 5.
The Russian drones were launched from the neighbouring Kursk Oblast of Russia, as well as from Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea.
All of the drones Russia launched were intercepted over Kharkiv, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. Mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force were involved in repelling the air attacks.
Earlier in the night, Russia launched drone attack on Kharkiv, setting fire to at least three residential homes in the city of Kharkiv and injuring one man. Debris from shooting down the drones in the Osnovianskyi district of the city reportedly caused the fire.
Drone attacks are a daily occurrence in Ukraine, affecting various regions across the country. Overnight on May 4, Ukrainian air defenses destroyed all 13 Shahed-type drones that Russia launched overnight.
In recent months, Russian attacks on critical infrastructure have increasingly targeted Ukrainian energy facilities.
Polish PM: Warsaw to spend $2.5 billion to secure Russia, Belarus border
Poland plans to invest 10 billion zlotys ($2.55 billion) in strengthening its borders with Russia and Belarus to deter potential aggression, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on May 18, according to Bloomberg.
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Prosecutor’s Office: 2 killed, 2 injured in Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast.
Two people were killed and two more were injured when a car with civilians trying to evacuate from Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast came under Russian fire, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on May 18.
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Authorities: Russian attack on Kharkiv injures 5, including 2 children.
Russian forces struck a residential area in the city of Kharkiv on the afternoon of May 18, injuring at least five people, including two children, local officials reported.
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Ukraine charges Russia's FSB chief, top officials with guiding EuroMaidan violence.
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation reported on May 18 that it had charged Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), and another 20 top officials of Russian special services with curating and aiding the illegal ...
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Zelensky: Ukraine only has 25% of needed air defense capabilities.
Ukraine only has 25% of the air defense capabilities it needs to adequately repel Russian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with AFP on May 17.
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LIVE: Top Political News on May 16, 2024 - America Decides.
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Republican voters urged to chip away at Democrats’ mail-in voting advantage.
U.S. voters have several ways to cast their ballots in an election, including by mail. Many Democrats have embraced mail-in voting, and now Republicans are being urged by party leaders, including former President Donald Trump, to use all voting op...
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LIVE: Latest News on May 16, 2024 - The Daily Report with John Dickerson.
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NFL responds after Chiefs’ kicker delivers controversial commencement speech.
The league said in a statement that the views Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker expressed in a speech at Benedictine College “are not those of the NFL as an organization.” Subscribe to ABC News on YouTube: Watch 24/7 coverage of breaking n...
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Wife 'in dreadful state' after parasite outbreak in Brixham.
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Sky News Press Preview - 16 May
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