<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Ukrainian defences shot down 15 Russian drones during an overnight attack, Kyiv's air force said Saturday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It said 17 Iranian-made Shahed drones were used in the aerial assault, and did not specify what happened to the other two.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian forces "attacked from the north with 'Shahed-136/131' attack UAVs. A total of 17 attack drones were launched from the Kursk region," the Ukrainian force said on Telegram.</div><div><br></div><div>It added that air defences were activated in "northern and central, as well as in the western regions".</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow has ramped up attacks on Ukraine's port infrastructure in the Black Sea and the Danube, since the scrapping of a deal that had allowed the safe export grain through the shipping hub.</div><div><br></div><div>On Friday, the United States told Denmark and the Netherlands they can hand Ukraine their F-16 fighter jets when the country's pilots are trained to use them, a move welcomed as "great news" by Ukraine's Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>