Kyiv says it shot down Russian balloons as Zelenskyy says troops ‘firmly holding’ Bakhmut


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UKRAINE HAS SAID its aerial defence units had detected half a dozen balloons, apparently launched by Russia, over the capital Kyiv and shot most of them down. Kyiv authorities said the balloons could carry reconnaissance equipment and were launched to “detect and exhaust our air defence forces.” “Most of the probes have been shot down,” the city administration said in a statement, adding authorities would carefully examine the debris. The presence of the balloons in the sky prompted sirens to go off in the Ukrainian capital, which usually happens when missiles are approaching. Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said...