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Air defenses down nearly 100 drones in Kursk Region over day — governor
Alexander Khinshtein said that as a result of the attacks, a school and a private residence in Kolontayevka were damaged
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NaturalNews.com
· Jun 23, 2026
Russian Tu-160 bombers complete 16-hour Arctic patrol shadowed by NATO jets
(NaturalNews) Tu-160 Blackjack bombers completed a 16-hour patrol over the Barents and Norwegian Seas. Norwegian F-35 fighter jets intercepted the Russian bo...
TASS
· Jul 7, 2026
Air defenses down 159 Ukrainian drones in Kursk Region over past 24 hours
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Yemen News Agency - SABA
· Jul 1, 2026
Russian Defense Ministry: Airstrikes Target Drone Command Centers, Ukrainian Positions in Donetsk, Kharkiv, & Sumy
Russian Defense Ministry: Airstrikes Target Drone Command Centers, Ukrainian Positions in Donetsk, Kharkiv, & Sumy
South China Morning Post
· Jun 26, 2026
Russia reports one of biggest Ukrainian drone attacks, including on Crimea
Russian air defences intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones in a major night-time attack on 12 Russian regions as well as the Russia-held Crimean peninsula, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday. It appeared to be one of the biggest drone attacks on Russia and the illegally annexed Crimea since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago. The previous biggest Ukrainian attack over the past year was 556 drones on May 17. In an effort to turn the...
Defence Blog
· Jun 23, 2026
Cheap drones are beating Russia’s billion-dollar air defenses
Cheap, mass-produced Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drones are breaking through one of the most expensive air defense networks ever assembled, with a 20 to 30 percent penetration rate that is proving sufficient to systematically dismantle Russia’s oil refining industry and degrade its military logistics, a Ukrainian officer with direct command experience in the deep-strike drone []
The Eastern Herald
· Jul 3, 2026
Russia Claims 188 Ukrainian Drones Destroyed in 12 Hours Over Russian Territory
Russia's Defense Ministry said air defenses intercepted 188 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones in 12 hours Friday, offering no detail on which regions were targeted. The figure arrives one day after Russia's record aerial bombardment of Kyiv, as both sides escalate their aerial exchange rate.
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Related coverage for "Air defenses down nearly 100 drones in Kursk Region over day — governor": NaturalNews.com — Russian Tu-160 bombers complete 16-hour Arctic patrol shadowed by NATO jets. TASS — Air defenses down 159 Ukrainian drones in Kursk Region over past 24 hours. Yemen News Agency - SABA — Russian Defense Ministry: Airstrikes Target Drone Command Centers, Ukrainian Positions in Donetsk, Kharkiv, & Sumy. South China Morning Post — Russia reports one of biggest Ukrainian drone attacks, including on Crimea. Defence Blog — Cheap drones are beating Russia’s billion-dollar air defenses. The Eastern Herald — Russia Claims 188 Ukrainian Drones Destroyed in 12 Hours Over Russian Territory