Russia and Ukraine exchange drone strikes as North Korea's top diplomat visits Moscow

Russia and Ukraine person exchanged scores of drone strikes that near astatine slightest 4 dormant and dozens injured

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia and Ukraine exchanged scores of drone strikes Wednesday arsenic North Korea's apical diplomat arrived successful Russia for talks aft his state reportedly deployed thousands of soldiers to thief Moscow's warfare efforts.

Ukraine's aerial unit said that Russia launched 62 drones and 1 rocket overnight, adding that 33 of them were intercepted and 25 were jammed.

The drones struck a residential building and a kindergarten successful Kyiv, injuring 9 people, including a child, according to nan metropolis administration. "Russian drones did not alteration their changeless strategies — they approached nan superior from different directions, astatine different heights,” it said.

Russian attacks besides targeted different regions of Ukraine, sidesplitting astatine slightest 4 and injuring astir 30 others complete nan past 24 hours, authorities said.

At nan aforesaid time, Russian forces person pressed their slow-moving violative successful eastbound Ukraine. In Moscow, nan Defense Ministry announced nan seizure of nan colony of Kruhlyakivka successful nan Kharkiv region.

The ministry said that aerial defenses downed 25 Ukrainian drones complete respective regions successful nan country's westbound and southwest.

The caller attacks travel arsenic North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui arrived successful Moscow for talks that South Korea's spy agency said could impact discussions connected sending further troops to Russia and what nan North would get successful return.

The Pentagon said North Korea has sent astir 10,000 troops to Russia, and that they will apt conflict against Ukraine “over nan adjacent respective weeks.”

Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, nan Pentagon property secretary, said Tuesday that a “relatively mini number” of North Korean troops are now successful nan Kursk region, wherever Russia has struggled to push backmost a Ukrainian incursion.

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