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Russia and Ukraine trade air strikes over the weekend
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services workers look to move rubble and find injured after Russian attacks on a medical centre in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, September 28, 2024 [Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP]

MORE than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia early today, officials said, sparking a wildfire and setting an apartment block alight.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence reported that it had shot down 125 drones over seven regions.

The south-western region of Volgograd came under the heaviest fire, with 67 Ukrainian drones reportedly downed by Russian air defences.

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