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What to know after Day 648 of Russia-Ukraine war

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WESTERN PERSPECTIVE

Russia attacks Ukraine with 12 drones, cruise missile, Ukraine air force says

Russia launched 12 drones and a cruise missile at Ukraine overnight, with Ukraine's air defence systems destroying 10 drones before they reached their targets, Ukraine's air force said on Sunday.

The cruise missile was not destroyed but did not reach its target, the air force said, without giving further details. It did not say what happened to the two drones that were not destroyed.

"10 out of 12 is a perfect score. These are good results that we see every day," Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat told national television.

Reuters could not independently verify the air force's report. There was no immediate comment from Russia.

The Iranian-made Shahed drones were headed towards Ukraine's northwest, the air force said. Most were downed in the Mykolaiv region in Ukraine's south.

Regional officials confirmed the attack but said they had no information on casualties or damage.

** Russia says it hit air defence HQ in Ukraine's Dnipro

Russian forces hit a fortified commander post of Ukraine's "East" air defence and alerting centre in the central city of Dnipro, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday.

It said that it inflicted combined strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery.

Reuters was not immediately able to corroborate the battlefield reports from either side.

Earlier on Sunday, Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 12 drones and a cruise missile at Ukraine overnight, with air defence systems destroying 10 drones before they reached their targets.

Russia's defence ministry also said it its daily dispatch that it hit fuel depots in the areas of Myrhorod, Poltava region and the city of Khmelnytskyi, an ammunition arsenal in the Mykolaiv region as well as manpower and equipment in 107 various districts.

 

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE

Russian forces wipe out depot of Ukrainian territorial defense in Kupyansk area

Russia’s Battlegroup West units have eliminated a munitions depot of a Ukrainian territorial defense brigade in the Kharkov Region, Battlegroup Spokesman Sergey Zybinsky told TASS.

"A munitions depot of Ukraine’s 113th territorial defense brigade was wiped out in the vicinity of the village of Liptsy in the Kharkov Region. The adversary’s losses amounted to 95 troops, an armored fighting vehicle, two cars and a 122mm D-30 howitzer," he said.

** Russian forces deliver strikes on Ukrainian personnel, hardware in Kupyansk area

During active actions, supported by army aviation and the artillery fire, a strike was delivered on personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 14th mechanized and 25th air assault brigades near the villages of Sinkovka and Berestovoye, Battlegroup Spokesman Sergey Zybinsky told

Russia’s Battlegroup West units, supported by aviation and artillery, have delivered a strike on manpower and hardware from two Ukrainian brigades, Battlegroup Spokesman Sergey Zybinsky told TASS.

"During active actions, supported by army aviation and the artillery fire, a strike was delivered on personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 14th mechanized and 25th air assault brigades near the villages of Sinkovka and Berestovoye," he said.

 

Reuters/Tass

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