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Russian Air Defence shoots down 113 Ukrainian drones overnight: Defence Ministry

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Moscow: Russian air defence systems destroyed 113 Ukrainian drones overnight over the Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk, and Bryansk Regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

“During the past night, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using fixed-wing drones against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was prevented. Air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 113 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: 73 drones over the territory of the Belgorod Region, 25 drones over the territory of the Voronezh Region, 14 drones over the territory of the Kursk Region, and one over the territory of the Bryansk Region,” the ministry said.

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