Russia fired record 479 drones at Ukraine overnight
Russia fired a record 479 drones at Ukraine on Monday, including on the western region of Rivne, which has been largely spared from attacks in the war so far, Kyiv has said.
Ukraine also claimed an attack on a Russian factory hundreds of miles east of Moscow.
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