Ukraine has said it has shot down more than a dozen Russian-launched drones in the early hours of Thursday morning. The 18 drones were among 24 launched in pre-dawn attacks across Ukraine, with a number aimed at Kyiv - all of which were destroyed alongside an unspecified number of missiles, city officials said. Administration officials in the capital said: "The Russians have attacked Kyiv using Shahed loitering munitions and missiles, likely the ballistic type." Some 15 Shahed drones were fired at the city of Odesa on the Black Sea, with air defences destroying 12 of these, according to Ukraine's southern...