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Russia's Air Defense Downs 2 Ukrainian Drones Over Kursk Region, Crimea - Defense Ministry

Sputnik News

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's air defense forces have destroyed two Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over Russia's Kursk Region and the Black Sea near Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

"Today, at around 1 a.m. Moscow time [22:00 GMT], an attempt by the Kiev regime to conduct terrorist attack using two aircraft-type drones against object on the Russian territory was thwarted. Air defense forces destroyed Ukrainian drones in the air over the Black Sea near the Crimean peninsula and over the territory of the Kursk Region," the ministry said.

On Friday, Russian forces thwarted a naval drone attack on the Crimean Bridge, along with an aircraft attack in Russia's Belgorod region.

© Sputnik



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