
Moscow says thwarted Ukrainian drone attack on airfield in northwest Russia
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- AFP
- Published Date: 01:45 | 19 August 2023
- Modified Date: 01:45 | 19 August 2023
Russia on Saturday said it had thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on a military airfield in the Novgorod region, an area between Moscow and Saint Petersburg not previously targeted.
"Today at about 10 am Moscow time, the Kyiv regime carried out a terrorist attack using a copter-type drone on a military airfield in the Novgorod region," the Russian army said in a statement. It said it was shot down "by small arms".
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