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Russia announces having shot down 519 Ukrainian drones in the night Russia shot down 519 Ukrainian drones in the night from Sunday to Monday over around twenty Russian regions according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Ukrainian attacks particularly targeted the Moscow region, where eleven drones heading towards the Russian capital were destroyed, and that of Leningrad (north-west) where 56 aircraft were shot down, according to local authorities. In the Yaroslavl region (in 300 km northeast of Moscow), two people were injured in a “massive attack” by Ukrainian drones, more than 70 of which were shot down, regional governor Mikhail Yevrayev said on Telegram. Ukrainian drones were also shot down over the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014. In this region, Sevastopol, on the shores of the Black Sea, is deprived of electricity. The results of the strikes in the kyiv region rises to ten deathsRussian bombings on Monday in the kyiv region left at least 10 dead. In the capital, at least nine people were killed and 46 injured, the head of kyiv’s military administration, Tymour Tkatchenko, said on Telegram. At least one other person died in the Boutcha district, on the outskirts of kyiv, reported the head of the regional military administration, Mykola Kalashnyk. A meeting planned for Wednesday between Trump and Zelensky The American president is to meet his Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara in Turkey, where heads of state and delegations from 32 countries are expected on Tuesday. “The president will meet him obviously with the aim of discussing how we can put an end to the war. This has been a long-standing priority for him,” a senior US official said. “There is a real prospect of ending this war and America’s determination is decisive,” said Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. Russian strikes kill at least eight people in kyiv and its region During the night from Sunday to Monday, Russian bombings left at least eight dead in the kyiv region, including seven in the Ukrainian capital where AFP journalists reported dozens of explosions. “The enemy is striking with ballistic missiles,” the head of the capital’s military administration, Timur Tkatchenko, wrote on Telegram. In the Darnytsky district, debris hit a 25-story residential building, trapping people on higher floors, according to Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko. A fire affected two floors of another apartment building in the area. Elsewhere, in the Podilsky district, debris hit a 21-story building and caused “partial destruction”. A warehouse also caught fire in the Obolonsky district.Welcome to this new LiveHello everyone. Like every day, the editorial staff of 20 Minutes is mobilized to give you all the information on the conflict between kyiv and Moscow. On the front, Russian forces have made almost no progress in recent months due in particular to the omnipresence of drones which hamper the movements of heavy vehicles and inflict very heavy losses on both camps. The Kremlin, however, claimed Friday the capture of Kostyantynivka, a stronghold of Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk region whose capture is Russia’s main objective. But this announcement was firmly denied by kyiv, according to which the fighting continues.
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