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Von der Leyen ‘shocked and appalled' by Russia’s mass strike on Ukraine

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned Russia’s multiple missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, adding that the EU will continue supporting Ukraine as long as it takes.

“Putin’s Russia has again shown the world what it stands for: brutality and terror,” she said in an appearance in the Estonian city of Narva on the Russian border alongside Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.

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Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russia launched 97 drones overnight, including Shahed-type attack drones. Air defenses shot down or suppressed 90 of them. Five drones struck five locations, while debris from downed drones fell in two locations.

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