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- 21:01
Serbia, Vučić acknowledges defeat: Student List wins
Aleksandar Vučić has admitted defeat in Serbia’s early parliamentary elections, called after nearly two years of student protests. According to the Electoral Commission (RIK), with over 8,000 polling stations counted, the Student List obtained 52.54% against 39.29% for Vučić’s list, with turnout at 64.9-69.7%, the highest since the breakup of Yugoslavia, according to Al Jazeera Balkans. Projections from CeSID and IPSOS, reported by 021.rs, give the Student List 140 seats out of 250. “It is clear that we have lost this election” (transl. from Serbian), Vučić said.
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- 21:01
Russia, drone attack on Voronezh: death toll rises to three
The Russian region of Voronezh was hit overnight by an attack involving more than 100 Ukrainian drones, with 113 aircraft shot down according to governor Aleksandr Gusev. Initial reports put the toll at two dead and 17 injured; the update released at 18:05 by Pervyj Kanal (Russian state television channel) raises the toll to three dead and 39 injured, some of them passengers on the Anapa-Moscow train hit by debris. The figure has not yet been confirmed by sources independent of Russia. On the same day, the Ukrainian Rada extended martial law and general mobilization for another 90 days, according to REN TV.
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