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09/21/2023September 21, 2023
Russia claims over 20 Ukrainian drones destroyed overnight
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday that its forces downed over 20 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Most of them were destroyed over Russian-occupied Crimea and the surrounding Black Sea, where Russian forces “thwarted” an attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the ministry wrote on the messaging platform Telegram.
“Air defense systems destroyed 19 Ukrainian UAVs over the Black Sea and the territory of the Republic of Crimea, and one each over the territories of Kursk, Belgorod and Oryol regions,” the ministry said.
Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014 and has been a prime target of Ukrainian forces recently, as they try to recapture the territory.
The Russian regions of Belgorod and Kursk share a border with eastern Ukraine. Oryol is located north of them, closer to the capital, Moscow.
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09/21/2023September 21, 2023
At least 2 killed, over 20 injured in massive Russian attack
Overnight Russian attacks on and at least five other Ukrainian cities injured numerous people early on Thursday.
At least 21 people were injured in missile strikes across the country, Ukrainian authorities said. Two people were killed overnight by Russian shelling in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.
“It is a restless morning. Explosions were heard in different regions of Ukraine,” Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on Telegram.
In addition to the capital, Ukrainian officials reported blasts in Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskiy, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said at least seven people had been injured — including a 9-year-old girl — and infrastructure had been damaged in the capital.
In the western region of Lviv, close to the Polish border, the strikes caused a fire in an industrial zone, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
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09/21/2023September 21, 2023
Scholz: Germany to host Ukraine reconstruction talks
Germany will host an international conference on the reconstruction of war-torn Ukraine next year, Chancellor announced on Wednesday after meeting with Ukrainian President in New York.
The aim of the conference is to bring together international leaders and financial institutions to secure funds for Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction.
The last such summit brought together representatives of 60 countries and institutions
Scholz and Zelensky met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, where both had delivered their speeches earlier in the day.
They discussed the political, military and humanitarian situation in Ukraine, and “the priority needs of the defense forces of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said on messaging platform Telegram.
fc/rs (AP, AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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