According to the Russian defense ministry, 42 Ukrainian drones were intercepted over the Crimean peninsula on Friday morning. As the ministry announced, the Russian armed forces destroyed or crashed the drones in a controlled manner using air defense files and electronic warfare systems. Meanwhile, Moscow’s Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports suspended air traffic early Friday over a missile alert.
The Russian news agency Tass reported in this context that the Russian army had intercepted a long-range missile from Ukraine over Russian territory. Ukrainian forces repulsed Russian attacks on several front sections on Thursday, the army said.
Air traffic has been suspended due to drone attacks
Air traffic at Moscow airports was briefly interrupted on Tuesday and Wednesday due to Ukrainian drone attacks. According to reports from the Russian online media portal ‘Baza’, residents of the Russian regions of Tula and Kaluga had previously posted on social media about explosions they heard late Friday night.
The situation report of the General Staff in Kiev on the eve of the national holiday named the Kupjansk sections in the east of the country and Avdiivka north of the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk as part of the repelled Russian attacks. At Marjinka, southwest of Donetsk, the Russians were on the attack; but they managed to stop them. The information was not independently verifiable.
Biden and Zelenskyj discussed training for F16 pilots
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Joe Biden have discussed the start of training for Ukrainian fighter pilots. As announced by the White House, the pilots will be trained in the US to operate F16 fighter jets. The two presidents also discussed accelerated approval for other countries to transfer their F16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
Source: Krone
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