Ukraine used drones in an try to down a helicopter carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s Kursk area on Might 20.
Russian Air Power Main-Basic Yuri Dashkin stated Putin’s helicopter was “just about on the epicenter of repelling a large-scale assault by the enemy’s drones,” and that 46 drones have been shot down in the course of the assault, based on a report from the Related Press.
The world borders Ukraine and has been occupied by their troops since August.
Dashkin defined, “In the course of the interval when the President [Putin] was working within the Kursk area, the enemy launched an unprecedented assault with unmanned aerial autos. The air defence group on this space destroyed 46 aircraft-type [Ukrainian military drones].”
“The depth of the assault in the course of the flight of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s plane over Kursk area elevated considerably. We concurrently performed an air battle and ensured the protection of the presidential helicopter within the air,” Dashkin continued. “The duty was completed. The assault of the enemy drones was repelled, and all air targets have been hit.”
Putin’s go to to the struggle zone was not introduced till he had returned to security, indicating that Ukraine had inside info.
The Russian president has largely prevented lively struggle zones in the course of the three-year-long battle.
AP studies:
Russia’s Protection Ministry quoted Yaroslav Yakimkin of the “North” group of Russian forces as saying Sunday that Ukrainian troops have been pushed again from the border within the Kursk area, which Putin visited days in the past.
“The troops proceed to advance ahead day by day,” Yakimkin stated, including that Russian forces have taken Marine and Loknya in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy area, which borders Kursk, over the previous week, and have been advancing within the Kharkiv area across the largely destroyed city of Vovchansk.
