INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine said two first responders were killed and at least seven people injured in Russian rocket strikes on the southeastern region of
number in more than six weeks.Ukrainian police said Russia fired a series of rocket strikes at the village of Komyshuvakha, close to the
frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, which Russia claimed to have annexed last year."As a result of the first two strikes, four local
residents were injured and a fire broke out in a residential building," they said in a statement."When the police and rescuers arrived at
the scene, Russians conducted another strike
Two emergency service workers were killed, and three more were injured."Separately, Ukraine's air force said Saturday it shot down 29 of the
30.An energy facility was hit in the southern Odesa region, with the resulting fire quickly extinguished, Ukraine's emergency services
said.Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had shot down 20 Ukrainian aerial drones over Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine, and seven
naval drones in the Black Sea, off the annexed peninsula of Crimea.Ukraine also said Saturday that its forces "continue to hold positions on
the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River."Ukrainian and Russian forces have been entrenched on opposite sides of the vast waterway in the
southern Kherson region for more than a year, after Russia withdrew its troops from the western bank last November.Ukrainian forces have
"successful" breakthrough last week."Our defenders are consolidating their positions and firing on the occupiers," the general staff said in
a Saturday morning briefing on its operations on the eastern side of the river.
