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09/30/2024September 30, 2024
Putin says Russia will achieve ‘all goals set’ in Ukraine
Russian President has vowed that Moscow will achieve all the goals it has set for itself in Ukraine, in the third year of its .
“The truth is on our side. All goals set will be achieved,” Putin said in a video message released to mark the second anniversary of what Russia calls the “reunification day,” when Moscow illegally annexed four Ukrainian regions.
In his speech, Putin repeated his justification for sending troops into neighboring Ukraine as protecting Russian speakers from a “neo-Nazi dictatorship” that aims to “cut them off forever from Russia, their historic homeland.”
After invading Ukraine in February 2022, of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. However, it does not fully control all of the territory in these regions.
The annexation was as illegal and illegitimate.
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09/30/2024September 30, 2024
Kyiv repels massive Russian drone attack
Russia launched several waves of drones targeting early on Monday.
All the drones that Russia launched at the Ukrainian capital were either destroyed by defense systems or neutralized by electronic warfare, Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
According to preliminary information, no casualties or damage have been reported, he added.
Kyiv, its surrounding region and all of the eastern part of Ukraine were under an air raid alert for more than five hours early Monday, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
The air force said it had shot down 67 of the 73 drones and one of the three missiles fired by Russia during the attack.
dh/nm (AP, AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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