MOSCOW, September 18. /TASS/. The West uses Ukrainians as cannon fodder, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission.

"[European leaders] are using to inflate this situation (the conflict over the Russia - TASS) the situation in Ukraine. Ukrainians are being used as cannon fodder," he said.

Air defenses down 344 Ukrainian drones over Russia overnight — top brass

On-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 344 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the past night over the Leningrad, Novgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, Oryol, Kaluga, Tula, Ryazan, Lipetsk, Vladimir, Rostov, Krasnodar, Moscow Regions, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, the Republic of Dagestan and over the Black Sea

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