
The governor reported 167 downed drones and 71 artillery attacks
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Regular shelling and drone attacks in the border areas of the Kursk region.
KURSK, October 10 - RIA Novosti. The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Kursk border area 71 times over the past 24 hours with artillery, 167 Ukrainian drones of various types were shot down over the region, there were no deaths or injuries, Governor Alexander Khinshtein said.
“A summary of the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours. In total, from 09:00 on October 9 to 09:00 on October 10, 167 enemy drones of various types were shot down. The enemy used artillery 71 times in resettled areas,” Khinshtein said in his channel on the Max platform.
He added that drones attacked the region with explosive devices five times.

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