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Ukraine shoots down 32 of 35 Russian-launched exploding drones

Ukrainian forces shot down 32 of 35 Iranian-made Shahid explosive drones launched by Russian forces on Tuesday morning as the war between the two countries continues.

Officials claimed Russian forces were targeting the Kiev region in the latest strike, noting that air defenses were able to shoot down more than 20 drones from Russian attacks.

Officials said the Russian strike was part of a broader shelling of the Ukrainian region, which includes the Lviv region in western Ukraine. Lviv Governor Maksim Kozytsky said a Russian drone attack had hit a critical infrastructure facility, causing a fire.

Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuri Ifnat said the drones were able to reach the area because the country’s air defense forces were unable to cover the area. Ifnat noted that Ukrainian air defense systems are mainly used to protect major cities, major infrastructure installations and front lines.

“There is a general lack of air defense assets to cover a country like Ukraine with a dome like Israel,” he said, referring to Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system.

Russia also launched a ballistic missile strike, hitting the industrial city of Zaporizhia in the southeast. Yuri Marashko, head of the Zaporizhia military junta, said that Russia targeted communications infrastructure and agricultural and agricultural land. according to Reuters.

The attack comes after Ukraine launched a counterattack approach earlier this month, more than a year into the war with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Said NBC News said in an interview that Russia’s push for a counterattack was “generally positive” but that it would be “difficult” to execute, adding that the country still had a difficult task to drive Russian forces out of the occupied territories. bottom.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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