Russia claims 7 "destroyed" unmanned boats and 75 "shot down" drones overnight, 7 of them in the Kursk region

Russia claims 7 "destroyed" unmanned boats and 75 "shot down" drones overnight, 7 of them in the Kursk region

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Russian authorities reported allegedly shooting down drones and missiles in several regions of Russia and occupied Crimea. the Russian Defense Ministry also announced the destruction of 7 unmanned boats in the Black Sea.

In the Kursk region of Russia, authorities reported "downed" missiles and drones. the Russian Defense Ministry claims 75 "destroyed" or "intercepted" drones overnight, as well as 7 unmanned boats in the Black Sea, UNN reports.

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The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 7 unmanned boats heading towards Crimea were allegedly destroyed in the Black Sea. 

The Russian Ministry of Defense also claims that its air defense system allegedly shot down a total of 75 drones overnight - over the Belgorod (26), Lipetsk (19), Kursk (7), Bryansk (5), Voronezh (4) and Orel (1) regions of Russia, as well as over the Black Sea (8) and the temporarily occupied Crimea (5).

The acting governor of the Kursk region, Aleksey Smirnov, in turn, said in a telegram channel that four missiles and four drones were allegedly shot down in the Kursk region last night.

Meanwhile, Russian telegram channels, as noted by the ASTRA telegram channel, claim that "a military convoy of the Russian Armed Forces was broken up at night near the village of Oktyabrske in the Rylsk district of the Kursk region." There is no confirmation of this information.

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