KHARKIV OBLAST, Mar 8 — At night, firing groups of soldiers of the Stalevyi Cordon [Steel Border – ed.] border guard in the Kharkiv Oblast shot down an unnamed aerial vehicle (UAV), reported the State Border Guard Service.

Border guards of the Odesa detachment destroyed another drone, it exploded in the air and fell into the sea.

Due to the regular shelling of Kharkiv and the oblast, there is a need to strengthen air defense in the oblast. 

In total, about 18 localities in the Kharkiv Oblast came under enemy artillery and mortar fire over the past day: Tabaivka, Holubivka, Kozacha Lopan, Vovchansk, Krasne, Neskuchn, and others. The Russian Federation hit Vovchansk, Ivanivka, and Stepova Novoselivka with airstrikes.

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