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By The Associated Press Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that its air defenses shot down 10 Ukrainian air-launched missiles over Crimea, as both sides in the war pounded each other with long-range aerial strikes while fighting along the front line remained largely deadlocked. One person was wounded by the falling debris of a downed aerial […]

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that its air defenses shot down 10 Ukrainian air-launched missiles over Crimea and 10 over the Russian city of Belgorod, as both sides in the war pounded each other with long-range aerial strikes continuing late into the night while fighting along the front line remained largely deadlocked. The White House, meanwhile, said U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Moscow has acquired ballistic missiles from North Korea and fired at least one...

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that its air defenses shot down 10 Ukrainian air-launched missiles over Crimea, as both sides in the war pounded each other with long-range aerial strikes while fighting along the front line remained largely deadlocked. The White House, meanwhile, said U.S. intelligence officials have determined that

Russia and Ukraine exchange long-range attacks as their front-line forces remain bogged down

The NATO-Ukraine Council will meet next week at Ukraine's request following a series of large-scale Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

As aerial encounters with Russian jets intensify, NATO's alertness is underscored by the frequent scrambles over the Baltic Sea.

NATO air forces scrambled over 300 times in 2023 due to Russian military aircraft. ​"NATO fighter jets are on duty around the clock, ready to scramble in case of suspicious or unannounced flights near the airspace of our Allies," NATO spokesperson Dylan White said in a statement.

NATO scrambled fighter planes more than 300 times this year to intercept Russian military aircraft flying near member countries’ airspace.

NATO air forces were scrambled more than 300 times in response to Russian military aircraft in 2023, the treaty organisation said on Friday. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year, NATO substantially reinforced its eastern flank air defences with more fighter jets, surveillance flights and ground-based air defences.

NATO was forced to scramble its forces hundreds of times over the course of 2023 to respond to potential threats from Russian planes as they approached allied airspace.