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Members of the Russian Investigative Committee work at the site of an explosion on Crimean bridge. Russia says two drones hit the bridge in the early hours of Monday and blames "the Kyiv regime." It is the second attack on the bridge, a personal project of President Vladimir Putin, during the Kremlin's 18-month long Ukraine offensive. IMAGES
Images show air defence intercepting nighttime drone attacks and smoke rising above the city in Lviv, Ukraine, the day after the attacks. According to Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi three warehouses were destroyed and one person was killed. Ukraine says its air defence systems had downed 27 Shahed drones launched overnight in Russia's latest aerial barrage. "A total of 30 attack UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were launched... As a result of combat work, 27 Shaheds were shot down by air defence units," the Ukrainian air force said on social media. IMAGES
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warns Moscow not to use the alleged drone attack that it said targeted the Kremlin to escalate its war in Ukraine. "We call on Russia not to use this alleged attack as an excuse to continue the escalation of the war," Borrell tells journalists in Brussels as he attends an EU ministers meeting. SOUNDBITE
Images of badly damaged buildings and rescue teams in the aftermath of a Russian drone strike that hit a vocational school, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Kyiv. The military administration of Kyiv region said three people were killed and seven injured. IMAGES
Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti publishes images of the UK ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert arriving at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters. Protesters shout "Britain is a terrorist state" as she arrives, while Moscow maintains its claims that British navy personnel were involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea. IMAGES
Military tank units of the Russian Black Sea fleet hold drills in Crimea. In recent weeks, Russia's massing of troops on Ukraine's northern and eastern borders, and on the Crimean peninsula it annexed seven years ago, have contributed to a sharp escalation in tensions. IMAGES
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