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Russian Air Defense Shoots Down Ukrainian Drone Over Kursk Region - Defense Ministry

© Sputnik / Evgeny Biyatov / Go to the mediabankA view shows a 9K35 Strela-10 (Arrow) air defense system of the 2nd Russian Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces at a position in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine
A view shows a 9K35 Strela-10 (Arrow) air defense system of the 2nd Russian Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces at a position in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.09.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian fixed-wing drone over the territory of Russia’s Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
"On September 26, at about 05:30 [02:30 GMT], an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing drone on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was prevented," the ministry said.
"The Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems over the territory of the Kursk Region."
No details were yet released on any potential structural damages or injuries.
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