Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, a Russian military commander has claimed that the country’s President, Vladimir Putin’s helicopter was “at the epicentre” of a Ukrainian drone attack. Yuri Dashkin, Russia’s air defence commander, said the incident took place on May 22 in Russia’s Kursk Oblast .
The incident was reported by both the Russian and Ukrainian media, however, the Kremlin has not issued any statement in this regard. The Russian commander noted that the Ukrainian attack was repelled by its forces.
“We were simultaneously engaged in an air defence battle and ensuring airspace security for the president’s helicopter flight,” Yury Dashkin, commander of an air defence division, said, as cited by the Russian news agency RBC on May 25. “The helicopter was effectively at the epicentre of the response to the massive drone attack,” he added. Meanwhile, Moscow state media noted that the Russian Air Forces destroyed 46 drones during the attack.
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