Russia says it destroys 117 drones launched by Ukraine, 37 over Kursk

Russia’s air defences destroyed 117 drones and four tactical missiles launched overnight by Ukraine targeting several regions including Kursk, its defence ministry said on Wednesday.

The missiles and 37 drones were destroyed over the Kursk region, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app, while 37 drones were destroyed over the Voronezh region, among others.The Russian ministry did not give a total of air weapons Ukraine launched.

Russia launched 38 attack drones and two Iskander-M ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukraine's air force said on Tuesday.Thirty of the drones were destroyed over several Ukrainian regions, the air force said on the Telegram messaging app.

It was not clear what happened to the air weapons that were not destroyed.

As of 0420 GMT, all of Ukraine was under new air raid alerts with the threat of fresh air attacks, the air force added in a separate Telegram statement.

Ukraine now controls 74 settlements in Russia’s Kursk border region, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday.

The governor of the Kursk region, where Ukraine is mounting a week-long incursion, previously said Monday that Ukraine controls 28 settlements.

“There are 74 settlements under the control of Ukraine,” Zelensky said in his evening address.

The president said that “despite difficult, intense fighting, the advance of our forces in the Kursk region continues.”

Russian army concedes Ukraine advances in Kursk offensive

Zelensky said that Ukraine has been able to “replenish” its numbers of Russian POWs to exchange for its own troops and “preparation for our next steps continues”.

He posted footage showing him holding a video call with military chief Oleksandr Syrsky.

Syrsky tells him: “As of today, our troops have advanced in some areas by 1 to 3 kilometres.”

In the last day, Ukraine has taken control of “40 square kilometres of territory”, Syrsky adds, after saying Monday that the troops hold around 1,000 square kilometres of Russian territory.

“Fighting is ongoing along the entire front line. The situation is under control despite the high intensity of fighting,” Syrsky said.


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