Kiev launched an “unprecedented” UAV attack on Kursk Region during the president’s visit, a Russian officer has said
The helicopter carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin was caught in the “epicenter” of a massive Ukrainian drone attack while the president was visiting Kursk Region earlier this week, Yury Dashkin, a commander of an air defense division, has revealed.
Putin traveled to Russia’s Kursk Region on Tuesday for the first time since it was fully liberated from Ukrainian forces in April. During his trip, the president met with Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein, as well as the heads of local municipalities and volunteers who have been helping those affected by the now-repulsed Ukrainian incursion, according to the Kremlin.
In an interview with the channel Russia 1 aired on Sunday, Dashkin revealed that Putin’s helicopter had found itself “in the epicenter of an operation to repel a massive drone attack by the enemy” in Kursk Region.
#Ukraine Allegedly Targeted Putin’s #Helicopter with Drones in #Kursk#Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports that #Ukraine launched a drone attack last week targeting a helicopter carrying President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Kursk #region.
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The #incident is being… pic.twitter.com/QrcWfFQFdL
BREAKING: Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting to attack President Putin's helicopter in mid-flight by launching a wave of drones to swarm its flight path.
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