by Iran’s PressTV News Staff at PressTV
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s helicopter came under attack by Ukrainian drones as peace talks are ongoing between the two countries to find an end to the Ukraine war.
Putin visited the liberated Kursk Region in a surprise visit last week, a Russian military official told RBC news agency on Sunday.
“We were simultaneously engaged in an air defense battle and ensuring airspace security for the president’s helicopter flight,” Yury Dashkin, commander of a Russian air defense division, said.
“The helicopter was effectively at the epicenter of the response to the massive drone attack.”
“The intensity of the attack during the flight of the aircraft with the Commander-in-Chief over the territory of the Kursk Region increased significantly. Therefore, we simultaneously conducted an air defense battle and ensured the safety of the presidential helicopter’s flight in the air,” Dashkin said.
The task was fulfilled, “the attack by the enemy’s drones was repelled, all airspace targets were destroyed,” he added…
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