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Air defence shot down 5 Ukrainian drones over Belgorod, Saratov regions

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Kyiv: Russian air defence systems shot down four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the Saratov Region and another one over the Belgorod Region overnight, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

“This night, attempts by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation with the use of aircraft-type UAVs were foiled. Active air defence systems destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod (1 UAV) and Saratov (4 UAVs) regions,” the ministry said in a statement.

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