President Voldymyr Zelenskyy toured the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy on Thursday in his first visit to the border area since his forces entered Russian territory more than two weeks ago.
During a meeting with Ukraine’s military commander, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces have claimed control of another settlement in the Russian region of Kursk and taken more Russian prisoners of war whom he hopes to exchange for captured Ukrainians.
Ukraine attacked Russia overnight with 28 drones, Russia's Ministry of Defense said. Thirteen were shot down over the Volgograd region, seven over the Rostov region, four over the Belgorod region, two over the Voronezh region, and one each over the Bryansk and Kursk regions, the ministry said. The Baza Telegram channel, which is close to Russian law enforcement, said one drone was taken down several kilometers from the airfield near Marinovka and that wreckage from another fell on a trailer near the air base, causing it to catch fire.
Russian state television channels have largely avoided covering the attack. Russian Orthodox priests visited Proletarsk to pray for injured firefighters.
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