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One person killed in Odesa drone attack as EU foreign policy chief arrives in Kiev
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One person killed in Odesa drone attack as EU foreign policy chief arrives in Kiev

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One person was killed and 13 injured by a Russian drone in a residential area of ​​the Ukrainian port city of Odessa overnight, local officials said Saturday, while the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, arrived in Kiev to discuss Europe. support for Ukraine.

Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said high-rise residential buildings, private houses and warehouses were damaged by the “fall” of a drone. He did not say whether the drone was shot down by anti-aircraft defenses.

A further 32 Russian drones were shot down in 10 Ukrainian regions, while 18 were “lost”, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, likely to have been electronically jammed.

A Russian aerial bomb hit a busy highway in the northeastern province of Kharkiv overnight, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekohov said. No casualties were reported.

Russia is waging an intensified air campaign that Ukrainian officials say they need more Western help to counter. However, doubts deepen what can Kiev expect from a new American administration. President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly disputed US aid to Ukraine, made vague vows to end the war and praised Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Borrell, however, assured Ukraine of European support when he arrived in Kiev on Saturday.

“EU support for Ukraine has been my personal priority during my tenure and will remain at the top of the EU agenda,” he wrote on X.

In Russia, the Defense Ministry said 50 Ukrainian drones were destroyed in seven Russian regions – more than half over the Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine.