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The Rest of the World Report | September 23, 2026 — Morning Edition

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TRADED STRIKES

Russia launched a multi-pronged overnight attack across at least four Ukrainian regions. It fired anti-ship missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and 161 attack drones. Ukrainian air defenses say they shot down or jammed 119 of the drones. The strikes killed at least 10 people and wounded 53 across Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, and Sumy regions, according to a Sept. 23 update from Ukrainian officials. A separate strike hit a…

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