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Putin’s Visit to Kursk Overlaps With Major Ukrainian Drone Assault
Putin’s Visit to Kursk Overlaps With Major Ukrainian Drone Assault
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The helicopter carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin was caught up in a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack during his visit to the Kursk Region this week, the commander of a local air defense division said on Sunday.
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"[The president's helicopter] was actually in the epicenter of an operation to repel a massive attack by enemy drones," Yuri Dashkin told the Rossiya 24 television channel. The attack was successfully repelled and the president's security ensured, the commander added. Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin confirmed that Ukrainian armed forces continued attacking the Kursk Region while Putin was there. On May 20, Putin went on a working visit to the Kursk Region, where he met with the region's acting governor, Alexander Khinshtein, as well as the heads of local municipalities and leaders of volunteer organizations. The Russian president also visited the city of Kurchatov, where he inspected the Kursk-2 Nuclear Power Plant, which is currently under construction.
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Putin’s Visit to Kursk Overlaps With Major Ukrainian Drone Assault
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The helicopter carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin was caught up in a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack during his visit to the Kursk Region this week, the commander of a local air defense division said on Sunday.
"[The president's helicopter] was actually in the epicenter of an operation to repel a massive attack by
enemy drones," Yuri Dashkin told the Rossiya 24 television channel.
The attack was successfully repelled and the president's security ensured, the commander added.
Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin confirmed that Ukrainian armed forces continued attacking the Kursk Region while Putin was there.
On May 20,
Putin went on a working visit to the Kursk Region, where he met with the region's acting governor, Alexander Khinshtein, as well as the heads of local municipalities and leaders of volunteer organizations. The Russian president also visited the city of Kurchatov, where he inspected the Kursk-2 Nuclear Power Plant, which is currently under construction.
