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Baltic nations, Finland issue overnight drone warnings as Russia, Ukraine exchange strikes
Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said the counterattack was ongoing after Russia reported drone strikes on an oil refinery and a port area.
On Tuesday, Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko reported that Russian defenses downed 146 drones over the Leningrad Region, with attacks causing a fire at the Ust-Luga port and killing at least one civilian.
A Ukrainian drone struck the Kirishi oil refinery on Monday in the Leningrad region, though authorities remain uncertain regarding the origin of the subsequent drone barrage over Russian territory.
Following the escalation, Latvia and Lithuania warned residents to seek shelter against unidentified drones entering their airspace via Russia or Belarus, prompting NATO to activate fighter jets and air defense systems.
US-Mediated peace talks in Abu Dhabi entered their second day on Wednesday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy describing the initial session as "constructive and quite substantive."
Elsewhere, TASS reported that Ukrainian forces fired at least 31 artillery shells on Moscow-occupied Donetsk within 24 hours, with 23 strikes in Horlivka wounding three civilians.
Russia and Ukraine faced each other again by drone strikes during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. The detection of several aircraft led to air alerts to Finland and the Baltic countries, and to...