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Ukraine shoots down its own drone over Kyiv after device ‘lost control’

Onlookers cheered as drone, initially believed to be Russian, was taken down by air defence over the capital

The Ukrainian air force said it downed its own drone that lost control over Kyiv on Thursday, after a series of explosions shook the capital.

Andriy Yermak, Ukraine presidential chief of staff, initially said an enemy drone that had been shot down. But the air force later said it was Ukrainian and had been destroyed to avoid “undesirable circumstances”. No casualties were reported from the incident.

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