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Military operation in Ukraine

LPR air defenses shoot down 150 Ukrainian UAVs over past day — LPR head

According to Leonid Pasechnik, the Ukrainian armed forces struck seven LPR municipalities over the past 24 hours, damaging vehicles, civilian and municipal infrastructure and residential buildings

LUGANSK, November 13. /TASS/. Air defense capabilities and mobile air defense teams destroyed approximately 150 aerial targets over the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) over the past 24 hours, LPR head Leonid Pasechnik reported.

"Air defense systems and mobile armed units destroyed approximately 150 aerial targets over the republic’s territory," he wrote on his Max channel.

According to the head of the republic, the Ukrainian armed forces struck seven LPR municipalities over the past 24 hours, damaging vehicles, civilian and municipal infrastructure, and residential buildings.

Pasechnik reported earlier that on Friday morning, the Ukrainian armed forces launched an unmanned aerial vehicle to strike a passenger bus in the Yubileiny settlement in the LPR, killing a woman.

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