Ukraine weathers fresh attacks as Poland lambasts US Republicans over blocking aid

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A woman on the balcony of a residential building damaged by a missile attack in the town of Selydove, Donetsk region, on Thursday. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images Moscow’s forces launched fresh drone strikes on Ukraine and attacked its devastated eastern town of Avdiivka as Poland’s leader lambasted US Republicans for blocking military aid to Kyiv and Russia barred an anti-war candidate from next month’s presidential election. Ukraine said it shot down 11 of 17 Iranian-supplied Shahed drones fired by Russia early on Thursday. Several buildings were damaged but no casualties were reported in the strikes on the Odesa,...