Audio recordings obtained by The New York Times appear to capture Russian military efforts to retrieve debris of the U.S. surveillance drone downed in the Black Sea last week. The intercepts, recorded by radio hobbyists, provide an unusual, unfiltered window into wartime communications among Russian military personnel.
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The International Monetary Fund and Ukraine reached a preliminary agreement for a $15.6 billion loan to help the country stabilize its economy and recover from widespread damage to its infrastructure from Russian attacks.
Russian drones hit Ukraine overnight, including one in the Kyiv region that killed at least three people and wounded several others, according to military officials. Air raid alerts began blaring in the capital, Kyiv, shortly after midnight and sounded until around 4:30 a.m. The Ukrainian military said it had shot down 16 of 21 Russian drones overnight.