Russia says it shot down 36 Ukrainian drone sover the Black Sea as fighting grinds on in east

KYIV, Ukraine—Russian air defense shot down over 30 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight Saturday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday.

“The air defense systems in place destroyed 36 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black Sea and the northwestern part of the Crimean peninsula,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.

In Ukraine, the country’s air force said Sunday it had shot down five Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones launched by Russia overnight. Also in the Donetsk region, Russia’s Investigative Committee said Sunday it was investigating the murder of nine residents in Volnovakha, a city currently under Russian control. According to the committee’s statement, the dead included two children. The bodies “were found in a private residential building with gunshot wounds,” the committee said.

“A number of European politicians have once again started talking about stealing our country’s frozen funds in order to continue the militarization of Kyiv,” Vyacheslav Volodin, the Chairman of the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, wrote on Telegram.

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