Better on road, Browns back home to host winless Giants team with coach Brian Daboll feeling heat

New York Giants (0-2) at Cleveland (1-1)

Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS

BetMGM NFL Odds: Browns by 6 1/2.

Against the spread: New York 0-2; Cleveland 1-1.

Series record: Browns lead 28-22-2.

Last meeting: Browns beat Giants 20-6 on Dec. 20, 2020 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Last week: Giants lost 21-18 to Washington in Landover, Maryland; Browns beat Jaguars 18-13 at Jacksonville.

Giants offense: overall (T24), rush (22), pass (24), scoring (31).

Giants defense: overall (26), rush (28), pass (18), scoring (25).

Browns offense: overall (28), rush (21), pass (26), scoring (T22).

Browns defense: overall (12), rush (14), pass (13), scoring (22).

Turnover differential: Giants minus-1; Browns minus-2.

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux. After being limited to a quarterback hurry in the opener against Minnesota, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2022 draft had four tackles, two tackles for loss and two hurries against Washington. He had a team-high 11 1/2 sacks last season and looks primed to make plays this weekend.

WR Amari Cooper. The dependable veteran's third season with Cleveland is off to a surprisingly rough start. He's caught just five passes — on 17 targets — for 27 yards and the five-time Pro Bowler has had two huge drops on easy passes that could have been long gains. Look for the Browns to get the ball to Cooper early and often.

New York's run defense against the Browns, who got some push up front last week despite still missing both starting tackles. The Giants have given up an average of 163 yards in the first two games and the Browns will likely look to exploit New York's early season weakness.

Giants: Placed kicker Graham Gano on injured reserve with a hamstring injury. Signed Greg Joseph off the Lions' practice squad. CB Nick McCloud (knee) is out for the second straight week. ... Browns TE David Njoku (sprained ankle) will miss his second straight game. ... Starting RT Dawand Jones (knee) missed some practice time this week, further complicating Cleveland's issues at tackle. LT Jedrick Wills Jr. and RT Jack Conklin haven't played yet following knee surgeries last year. Conklin was downgraded to out with a hamstring injury. .. Browns star DE Myles Garrett (feet) had to leave the field for several plays last week but will play. He said surgery is possible after the season. ... Browns Pro Bowl CB Denzel Ward (shoulder) was limited to 11 snaps last week but is expected to play more. ... WR David Bell (hip) was lost for the season in the Jacksonville game.

The Giants have won three of the past five and six of the past eight. ... The teams first met on Oct. 1, 1950, with New York winning 6-0. ... New York and Cleveland have played 50 regular-season games and met twice in the playoffs. ... The Giants won 10-0 in the Eastern Conference championship in 1958, before losing to Baltimore 23-17 in the infamous overtime title game. ... The Browns beat the Giants 8-3 in the American Conference tiebreaker playoff game in 1950 and then won the NFL title with a 30-28 win over the Los Angeles Rams.

Giants coach Brian Daboll is feeling some heat with the Giants starting 0-2 for the ninth time in 12 seasons. The first eight ended without a playoff trip. ... Daboll was Cleveland's offensive coordinator in 2009-10. ... QB Daniel Jones had two touchdown passes against the Commanders in rebounding from a two-interception — with a pick-6 —performance in the opener against the Vikings. … RB Devin Singletary ran for 95 yards last week and scored his first rushing TD with New York. … Rookie WR Malik Nabers had 10 catches for 127 yards and his first TD. At 21 years, 49 days, he became the youngest NFL player with 10-plus catches, 100-plus yards receiving and a TD catch in one game. … OLB Brian Burns had eight tackles in his only career game against the Browns. … Giants ILB Bobby Okereke had eight tackles, including two for loss, and his first sack last week. He had 10 tackles and an interception against Cleveland in October 2022 with the Colts. … ILB Micah McFadden and had a career-high 13 tackles and a sack last week. … Rookie CB Dru Phillips had 12 tackles and a sack last week, while S Jason Pinnock had a career-high two sacks. … Phillips (16 tackles) and S Tyler Nubin (12) are only pair of rookie teammates each with at least 10 tackles this season. ... Cleveland's offense showed progress last week after a brutal opener. ... Browns QB Deshaun Watson was much more decisive while passing for 186 yards against the Jaguars. He made two big off-schedule plays after being flushed from the pocket. ... Watson started strong, completing 7 of 8 passes on a game-opening drive he capped with a 1-yard TD draw. ... WR Jerry Jeudy had five catches for 73 yards last week and connected with Watson on two of those plays that went off script. ... Penalties have been a big problem for Cleveland. The Browns were called for 13 last week, 11 in Week 1. ... Garrett's two sacks have also been strips, but the Browns didn't recover either time. ... Garrett is the only player with at least 14 sacks in each of the past three seasons and only one with at least 10 over the past six. ... K Dustin Hopkins is 10 for 10 on field goals of 50 yards or more in two seasons with Cleveland. ... P Corey Bojorquez had perhaps the game's biggest play last week, knuckling a punt that went out at the Jacksonville 2-yard line in the final minutes. The Browns then sealed the win with a safety. ... After facing the Giants, the Browns will play their next three on road — at Las Vegas, Washington and Philadelphia.

Cooper's due for a big game. He's Cleveland's No. 1 wide receiver, Watson's top target and history is on his side. Cooper, who played for Dallas before coming to Cleveland, is 6-1 against the Giants with 28 receptions and three TDs. Watson will likely go out of his way to get Cooper involved.

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Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski looks at a play during the second half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) reacts after missing a pass on fourth down against the Washington Commanders late in the second half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. (8) is tackled by New York Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux (5) after a run during the second half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Elijah Moore (8) drops a pass as he gets hit by Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Devin Lloyd (33) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) throws an incomplete pass past Washington Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu (4) on a two point conversion attempt during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll reacts to a call during the first half of an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders in Landover, Md., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) looks for an open receiver during the second half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A major Ukrainian drone attack set multiple Russian arms depots ablaze, destroying what Ukraine's General Staff said were thousands of tons of weaponry, including missiles from North Korea.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, appealed for quick action from the United States to send more weapons before his visit to the White House next week with a multi-point “victory plan.”

Ukraine launched more than 100 drones at Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula overnight, Russian news reports and the Defense Ministry said Saturday.

The strikes set an arms depot on fire that appeared to be near the same town as one struck by Ukrainian drones earlier this week, in an attack that wounded 13 people and also caused a huge blaze. Arms and ammunition depots were also hit on Saturday in Russia's southern Krasnodar region.

The “victory plan” that Zelenskyy will present to U.S. President Joe Biden will include long-range strike capabilities and other weapons long sought by Kyiv, and will serve as the basis for any future negotiation with Russia, Zelenskyy told reporters.

Zelenskyy has regularly alluded to the plan’s preparation, but hasn't publicly outlined its contents, saying only that it contains terms acceptable for Ukraine to negotiate with Russia.

“This will be the start and foundation for talking in any format with Russia. In any format, with any of its representatives, because there will be a plan and something to show," Zelenskyy said in a briefing Friday.

Zelenskyy said he will present the plan to Biden and Kamala Harris, the U.S. vice president and presidential candidate. Zelenskyy said that he also plans to meet with Harris' opponent in the November election, former President Donald Trump.

He said U.S. reluctance so far to allow Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike deep inside Russia stems from fears of escalation from Moscow, a major global nuclear power. Ukraine has had to use its own capabilities to conduct strikes inside Russian territory.

“I think that Biden is really getting information from his entourage today that there may be an escalation. But, and this is important, not everyone around him thinks so. And this is already an achievement that not all of his entourage thinks so,” Zelenskyy said.

But the longer Western partners wait to allow the use of long-range missiles, the more tactically obsolete their value will become, Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy's remarks came shortly before he is set to kick off a busy week in in the United States shoring up support for Ukraine in the war. He is expected to address the U.N. General Assembly annual gathering in New York and travel to Washington for talks on Thursday with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Ukraine’s Western backers have routinely been criticized for only helping the country to survive the invasion, rather than win, out of concern for the chaos that it might cause in Russia should Putin fall. The plan could be an attempt to change that calculus.

Beyond making demands of Biden, Ukraine is likely to seek detailed commitments from European allies as well. Zelenskyy said Thursday without elaborating that its success will rely on quick decisions by “a number of actors” between October and December.

Trump has said he would end the war immediately if he wins, and many in Ukraine and Europe fear that it won't be on favorable terms for Kyiv.

Also on Saturday, Ukraine's General Staff said that “at least 2,000 tons” of weaponry, including missiles supplied by North Korea, were destroyed in a nighttime drone strike that targeted depots in Russia's south and northwest.

Russian authorities on Saturday temporarily closed a 100-kilometer (62-mile) stretch of a highway and evacuated passengers from a rail station after a blaze caused a series of explosions near the town of Toropets, in Russia’s Tver region, about 380 kilometers (240 miles) northwest of Moscow and 500 kilometers (300 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

Posts on local Telegram channels said a missile depot was struck near Toropets. Unverified images circulating on Telegram on Saturday showed a large ball of flame rising into the night sky and dozens of smoke trails from detonations.

Ukrainian drones earlier this week hit a separate military depot near the town, described by the U.K. defense ministry as “one of Russia's largest strategic ammunition depots directly supporting its operation in Ukraine." In its latest intelligence update, the ministry said that strike, reported on Wednesday, likely caused “enormous losses of ordnance.” The update, posted on X, referenced reports of North Korean missiles being stored at Toropets, but didn't independently confirm it.

An ammunition depot and missile arsenal in southwestern Russia also caught fire in a further attack Saturday in the Krasnodar region, triggering evacuations after the blaze caused a series of blasts near the town of Tikhoretsk. Videos on social media showed bright orange clouds rising over the horizon, as dull thuds of detonations sounded almost continuously. Russian state media described clouds of smoke rising from two sites near Tikhoretsk, and authorities later announced a state of emergency around the town.

Regional officials in both provinces attributed the blazes to falling shrapnel from drones downed by Russian air defense. There were no immediate reports of casualties in either region.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said early Saturday that its forces overnight shot down 101 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory and occupied Crimea.

In Ukraine, a 12-year-old boy and two older women were killed as Russian missiles overnight struck Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine, local Gov. Serhii Lysak reported Saturday.

Lysak said the missiles hit “in the middle of the night, when the city slept,” wounding three more people, destroying two buildings and damaging another 20.

In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, 15 people including young teens were wounded by Russian airstrikes on Friday evening, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said, more than twice as many as initially reported. Shortly after the strike, Terekhov said that seven civilians, including three children, were hurt after Russian Su-34 fighters dropped guided precision bombs on three Kharkiv districts.

Russian drone and artillery strikes Saturday also wounded at least three civilians in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, local officials reported, while a fourth was wounded after an airstrike hit the northern city of Sumy.

Joanna Kozlowska reported from London. Lorne Cook contributed to this report from Brussels.

Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

This story has been corrected to show that the the U.K. defense ministry update referenced a strike at Toropets that occurred earlier this week, not overnight into Saturday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint press conference with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool Photo via AP)

Recently built fortifications are seen in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)