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Defense Ministry Says 42 Ukrainian Drones Downed

RUSSIA
  • Russia said it downed 42 drones and a missile fired by Ukraine, the largest single attack involving unmanned vehicles at the end of a week of almost daily strikes, Bloomberg report. Nine drones were shot down over Crimea and electronic jamming was used to neutralize 33 others before they reached their targets, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a Telegram statement Friday.
  • The bulk of the projected spending from the National Wealth Fund has been postponed to the second half of the year, Izvestia report. Only one fifth of the RUB1.6trln will be spent on investment projects. This money was used, among other things, for the construction of the Kazan-Yekaterinburg highway, the expansion of the air fleet, and the affordable housing program in the Far East, Izvestia say.
  • Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov will hold a news conference on the results of the BRICS summit, according to Interfax.

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