Attacks in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions leave 27 dead, Moscow-backed officials say

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KYIV, Ukraine Russia-installed officials in the partially occupied Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Luhansk say Ukrainian attacks left at least 27 people dead as Russia and Ukraine continued to exchange drone attacks overnight into Saturday.ay..

A Ukrainian attack Friday on the small town of Sadove in Ukraines partially occupied Kherson region killed 22 and wounded 15 people, Moscow-backed governor Vladimir Saldo said..

Further east, Leonid Pasechnik, the Russia-installed governor in Ukraines partially occupied Luhansk region, said Saturday that two more bodies had been pulled from the rubble following Fridays Ukrainian missile attack on the regional capital, also called Luhansk, bringing the death toll to five..

On Saturday morning, officials said air defenses for the first time shot down Ukrainian drones over the North Ossetia region in the North Caucasus, some 900 km from the frontline in Ukraines partially occupied Zaporizhzhia region..

Ukrainian air defense overnight shot down nine out of 13 Russian drones over the central Poltava region, southeastern Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, and the Kharkiv region in the northeast, Ukraines air force said Saturday. ..

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