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Russia said its air defences shot down scores of drones, including a half dozen it said were launching a naval attack in the Black Sea. The Ukrainian security official said his country’s forces also struck a drone-launching facility within Russia, but declined to say how that target was attacked. The operations involved the armed forces and the Ukrainian Security Service, SBU, the official said. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to announce the information publicly. SBU drones struck oil refineries in the Russian locations of Afi…