Russia says downed 36 Ukrainian drones in Crimea attack
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00:00 Near the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukrainian soldiers train to shoot down Shahed drones,
00:05 the slow-flying bombs whose noisy propellers have earned them the nickname "lawnmowers of death."
00:11 The squad will likely have plenty of targets.
00:16 "The enemy UAV flies on a certain path.
00:20 The enemy decides on the target and launches groups of five to ten Shahed drones."
00:27 Officials here say Russia has fired over 500 drones and missiles at Ukrainian targets over
00:32 the past five days alone. 34 people were killed in recent strikes on the Kiev region,
00:38 with six killed in Kharkiv. At least four people were reported killed over Wednesday
00:43 night and Thursday morning, including one in the central city of Kropyvnytskyi.
00:47 Ukraine's air defenses have been remarkably successful at downing Russian air attacks,
00:52 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowing to maintain that track record.
00:57 "Ukrainian representatives abroad are doing everything they can to ensure the delivery
01:02 of additional air defense systems and missiles. This is the number one priority."
01:07 But it's not just air defense for Ukraine. Russia said Thursday it had shot down
01:14 10 Ukrainian missiles over the annexed Crimean peninsula.
01:18 Shelling continued on the Russian border city of Belgorod Thursday,
01:22 following an unprecedented Ukrainian strike there on Saturday that killed 25 people.
01:27 Front lines on the ground, meanwhile, remain largely frozen,
01:32 with neither side able to gain much territory after nearly two years of war.