Ukraine's Air Force said it destroyed 20 Russian drones and a missile nine of them in the southern Odesa region. The falling debris started a fire in a residential home and killed one person. The air force said a second missile did not reach its goal. On Saturday, Ukraine said its air defence systems shot down 30 Russia-launched drones over 11 regions of the country Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defence systems destroyed or intercepted a total of 35 Ukraine-launched drones over its Lipetsk, Volgograd and Rostov regions in Russia. It did not say what was targeted or whether there was any damage. The Ukrainska Pravda media outlet later reported that the attack reportedly a joint operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Ukraine's Armed Forces was targeting the Morozovsk airfield in the Rostov region.
The Freedom of Russia Legion, a Ukrainian-based paramilitary group of Russians who oppose President Vladimir Putin, said it was behind a cross-border attack inside Russia's Belgorod region. The group said it had destroyed a platoon stronghold of Russian troops near Trebreno village and planted mines, but did not elaborate. Vyacheslav Gladkov, Belgorod's regional governor, said Trebreno was under fire from Ukraine's Armed Forces and that a shooting battle was under way on the edge of the village. He said three houses and a power line were damaged. A protest in Kyiv's Saint Sophia Square calling for an urgent exchange of POWs with Russia to free Ukrainians taken captive following the fall of Mariupol [Roman Pilipey/AFP].
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