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russian defense ministry: a total of 9 ukrainian drones were shot down

2024-09-17

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reference news reported on september 17according to a report by the russian satellite news agency on september 17, the russian ministry of defense announced on september 16 that the russian air defense system destroyed 8 and 1 ukrainian fixed-wing drones over bryansk oblast and kursk oblast respectively.

the message said: "from 21:55 to 22:25 moscow time, the kiev regime's attempt to use fixed-wing drones to carry out terrorist attacks on targets in the russian federation was thwarted. air defense duty weapons destroyed 8 ukrainian drones over bryansk oblast and 1 ukrainian drone over kursk oblast."

ukraine secretly mobilized a large number of troops in early august and launched a cross-border raid on russia's kursk oblast, claiming to have occupied thousands of square kilometers of land and hundreds of settlements. this move was intended to force the russian army to send troops back from the donetsk region, but the russian army instead stepped up its offensive in donetsk, continuously conquering cities and territories, and its front was directly approaching the red army city (called pokrovsk in ukraine), the logistics hub of the ukrainian army on this front.

ukrainian president vladimir zelensky said on the 12th that the russian army had launched a counterattack in kursk oblast. the russian ministry of defense reported on the same day that 10 settlements had been recaptured.