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Air defense downs 2 Iranian-made kamikaze drones over Kyiv Oblast

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Ukraine’s air defense shot down two Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones launched from the territory of Belarus on Oct. 10, according to Yurii Ihnat,  spokesman of Ukraine’s Air Force Command.

Earlier on Oct. 10, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko supported Russia's mass missile strike on Ukraine. He added that his country began the process of creating a joint regional military command with Moscow but didn't explain what the new military formation would be tasked with.

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The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.

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