Russia says it downed 10 Ukrainian missiles over Crimea

AFP

The Russian defence ministry said that its air forces destroyed 10 long-range missiles, known as ATACMS, that Ukraine's military launched overnight at Crimea on Wednesday.

Nine attack drones and several other pieces of air weapons were destroyed over the Belgorod region, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.

It added that five attack drones were also destroyed over Russia's Kursk region and three over the Bryansk region.

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