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Russian air defences shot down 72 Ukrainian drones over St. Petersburg and surrounding region, Gov. Beglov said.
Part of the monitored dynamic Russia–Ukraine War · VUCA INDEX 81/100
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cbc.ca — St. Petersburg oil terminal hit as Ukraine presses long-range drone campaign | C
"He also said that air defences shot down 72 Ukrainian drones across Russia's second-largest city and the surrounding region."
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from cbc.ca · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 4.
Extracted JUL 4; approved JUL 4 at 0.58.
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