{"id":423558,"date":"2024-08-08T08:59:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T03:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=423558"},"modified":"2024-08-08T08:59:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T03:59:58","slug":"ukrainian-drones-missiles-shot-down-over-russias-kursk-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ukrainian-drones-missiles-shot-down-over-russias-kursk-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drones, missiles shot down over Russia\u2019s Kursk region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow\u2019s defence ministry says it rushed troops, aviation units to Kursk border after morning raid by Ukrainian units<br \/>\n Kursk<br \/>\nUkraine lobbed missiles and drones at Russia\u2019s southwest region of Kursk overnight, the local governor said Wednesday, a day after pro-Kyiv forces stormed across the border with tanks and armoured vehicles.<br \/>\n\u201cTwo Ukrainian missiles were shot down by air defence systems in the Kursk region\u201d, regional governor Alexei Smirnov wrote on Telegram social media channel, adding that three drones were also destroyed.<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, Moscow\u2019s defence ministry said it had rushed its troops and aviation units to the border in Kursk after a morning raid by Ukrainian units \u2014 the latest such attack in the conflict.<br \/>\nThe incursion was carried out by some 300 troops, 11 tanks and more than 20 armoured vehicles, Russian authorities said.<br \/>\nFive people were killed throughout the day and some 28 wounded, Smirnov and local health authorities said.<br \/>\nKursk sits just across from Ukraine\u2019s northeastern Sumy region.<br \/>\nUkrainian drones also targeted residential buildings in the border regions of Voronezh and Belgorod, with damage but no casualties reported, local officials said on Wednesday.<br \/>\nCombatants from Ukraine have made several brief incursions into Russia since the beginning of the conflict in February 2022, including by units 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