
There were no injuries or deaths, said Governor Alexander Khinshtein
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The border areas of the Kursk region are regularly subject to shelling and drone attacks during the armed conflict.
KURSK, October 2 - RIA Novosti. Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the border area of the Kursk region with artillery 71 times, 201 Ukrainian drones of various types were shot down, 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 1 to 09.00 on October 2, 201 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 18 times drones attacked the region with explosive devices.

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