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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian air defense destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones over the Kursk, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Bryansk, Oryol and Belgorod Regions over the past night, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
"During the past night, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was prevented. Air defense destroyed 15 drones over the Kursk Region, nine drones over the Lipetsk Region, four drones both over the Voronezh and Bryansk Regions, and two drones both over the Oryol and Belgorod Regions," the ministry said in a statement.
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