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Russian Attacks Kill 3 in Ukraine, 5 in Crimea; Ukraine Downs 239 Drones

From El Nacional · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in three deaths in the Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
  • In Russia, five people died in the Kerch peninsula due to Ukrainian drone attacks.
  • Ukraine reported that 239 Russian drones were shot down overnight, while Russia claimed four deaths and 28 injuries from drone attacks in Kerch.

Russian attacks have claimed lives in Ukraine and Russia, underscoring the ongoing conflict's devastating impact. In Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, one person was killed and nine were injured during shelling, drone attacks, and artillery fire across three districts, according to local military administration head Oleksandr Ganzha.

Further north, in the Poltava region, two individuals lost their lives, with one succumbing to injuries in the hospital following a Saturday night attack that also wounded 13 people, reported Vitali Dyakivnich, the regional governor.

Meanwhile, on the Russian side, the Ministry of Defense announced the downing of 239 Ukrainian drones overnight. However, the Kerch peninsula in Crimea, occupied by Russia since 2014, suffered significant casualties. Serhiy Aksyonov, the head of the Republic of Crimea, stated that a Ukrainian drone attack resulted in four deaths and 28 injuries in the Kerch area. An additional fatality occurred when a drone struck the Panagia ferry traveling between the Temriouk district and the Kerch peninsula, according to Krasnodar region authorities.

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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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