<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Kyiv claimed on Wednesday that it destroyed 41 Russian drones amid air attacks on Ukraine.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A statement by the Ukrainian Air Force claimed that a total of 48 "Shahed-type" attack drones were launched by Russia from the Kursk region, as well as the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014.</div><div><br></div><div>A day earlier, Mykola Oleshchuk, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, claimed on Telegram that the country shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M tactical bomber near Zmiinyi Island.</div><div><br></div><div>Oleshchuk said that the bomber was under cover of a Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter aircraft and tried to strike the southern part of the Odesa region.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian officials have not yet commented on Ukraine’s claims and independent verification of Ukraine’s claims is difficult due to the ongoing war. - Anadolu Agency</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>