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Russia shoots down drones in border region

Perpetrators of cross-border raid wiped out, says Moscow

KYIV: Russian forces shot down 'a large number' of drones in the country's southern Belgorod region, a local official said on Wednesday, a day after Moscow announced that its forces crushed a cross-border raid in the area from Ukraine.

The drones were intercepted overnight over the region, Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a Telegram post. No one had been hurt, he added, but unspecified administrative buildings, residential buildings and cars were damaged.

DAMAGED BY DRONE? A damaged armored military vehicle is seen after fighting in Russia’s southern Belgorod region on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. PHOTO FROM VYACHESLAV GLADKOV’S TELEGRAM CHANNEL VIA AP