Kyiv [Ukraine], November 15 (ANI): The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on Saturday that Ukrainian troops have engaged in 256 "combat clashes" with invading Russian troops, Al Jazeera reported.

Over 100 of those gun battles took place in eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk, which Russia views as a gateway to the remaining unoccupied parts of Donetsk.

Significant fighting also took place around Slovyansk, Lymanske, Kostyantynivka, Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole, it added, as per Al Jazeera.

The Russian Defence Ministry has accused Ukraine of hitting civilian facilities and claimed its deadly overnight strike on Kyiv and elsewhere came in response to that.

More than 60 Ukrainian drones were intercepted over the southern Krasnodar region that borders Crimea, according to the ministry. A

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