KYIV, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Ukraine's air defence systems shot down 16 out of around 30 drones that Russia launched on Ukraine's territory overnight, Ukrainian Air Forces said on Sunday. It said on Telegram messaging app that drones were launched from the southern, southeastern and northern directions. Authorities said the central Ukrainian Cherkasy region was under the attack. "At night, the enemy massively attacked our Cherkasy region with attack drones. The Ukrainian presidential office said in a statement that civilian infrastructure and warehouses were also damaged in the southern Mykolaiv region and eastern Dnipropetrovsk region.

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Persons: Ihor Taburets, Pavel Polityuk, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Ukrainian Air Forces, Authorities, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukrainian Cherkasy region, Cherkasy, Uman, Ukrainian, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk