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Ukraine says it destroys all 20 drones launched by RussiaUkrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said that 20 attack drones that Russia launched targetting Ukraine, were destroyed over the Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Vinnytsia and Lviv regions.
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<div class="paragraphs"><p>An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 6, 2024.</p></div>

An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 6, 2024.

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Ukraine's air defence systems destroyed all 20 attack drones that Russia launched targetting Ukraine, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said on Tuesday.

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The drones were destroyed over the Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Vinnytsia and Lviv regions, Oleshchuk said on the Telegram messaging app.

He added that Russia also launched four missiles from the S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, but he did not say what happened to those missiles.

Reuters could not immediately verify Oleshchuk's comments.

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(Published 09 April 2024, 09:49 IST)