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Ukraine downs 12 kamikaze drones in Mykolaiv Oblast

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Mykolaiv Oblast Governor Vitaliy Kim said citing Ukraine's Operational Command "South" that Ukraine's forces shot down 12 Shahed-136 drones in the region overnight on Oct. 19. According to Kim, 11 drones were downed by the air defense and another one was shot by the National Guard troops.

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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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