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Russia says 596 Ukrainian drones shot down overnight
AFP, Moscow
Published: 09 Sep 2026, 01:21 PM
A firefighter walks out of the burnt-out shopping mall Galaktika (Galaxy) following an overnight attack, what Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian drone strike, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, 7 September, 2026. Photo: REUTERS
Russian forces shot down 596 Ukrainian drones during the night, the defence ministry said Wednesday, a day after the country's president held talks with his US counterpart on ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
The attacks left four dead in Novorossiysk in the southern Krasnodar region, governor Veniamin Kondratyev said on Telegram.