Ukraine announces the downing of 27 drones, and Russia repels attacks

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 Ukrainian Air Force announced - today, Tuesday - that 27 Russian drones were shot down in southern Ukraine, while the Russian forces announced that they had thwarted 5 Ukrainian attacks on the Kranci-Liman axis and killed 50 Ukrainian soldiers.

Ukrainian Air Force said - today, Tuesday, in a statement published on the Telegram application - that Russia launched an attack with about 36 drones yesterday evening, Monday, on Ukraine, adding that the air defense systems destroyed 27 of them.

He explained that the drones he shot down were Shahed 131/136 and were attacking targets in Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson, in the south of the country.

The Air Force did not specify the targets that might have been hit by the other nine drones that it did not destroy, while Russia has not commented on what was stated in the Ukrainian forces’ statement yet.

Also in the latest developments in the Russian-Ukrainian war, Russian forces spokesman Alexander Savchuk announced yesterday, Monday, that Russian forces thwarted and repelled 5 Ukrainian attacks on the Kranci-Liman axis and killed about 50 members of the Ukrainian army.

The Russian TASS news agency quoted Savchuk as saying that Russian forces also thwarted offensive drone strikes and artillery attacks carried out by two brigades of the Ukrainian forces, the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade.

In the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin expressed his belief that American support for his country would not decline in the event of a war breaking out in the Middle East, justifying this opinion by saying that Washington views the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in “the global context of confrontation between democracies and dictatorships,” he said. His expression.

He said that the United States and the West can fight on several fronts if they want to. He added, "Losing in one place means losing all wars. Losing on one front means that it may weaken you on the rest of the fronts."

The US Army said yesterday, Monday, that it would need Congress's approval for additional funding to ensure the implementation of the US Department of Defense's plans to produce and purchase enough ammunition to meet the arms needs of both Israel and Ukraine.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies