Russian Forces Launch Overnight Drone Attacks on Kyiv

BLUF: Russian forces launched a wave of drone attacks on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, but all the drones were destroyed by air defenses. The attack marked the first use of Iranian-made attack drones in nearly two weeks. Meanwhile, heavy fighting was reported on the front lines in eastern and southern Ukraine, where Kyiv’s forces were trying to reclaim territory lost to Russia. The fighting near the destroyed Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson intensified, with allegations that Kyiv’s troops were attempting to establish a foothold on the river’s east bank. Despite slow progress, Ukraine’s military, along with its Western allies, stated that the counteroffensive would continue. In other news, a Ukrainian novelist died from injuries sustained in a missile attack, President Zelensky visited Odesa to assess the situation in the Black Sea, and Poland tightened border security in response to a Russian rebel leader’s exile in Belarus.

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