Two residents of Kursk region killed in Ukrainian drone attacks

Two civilians of Kursk region were killed during the day as a result of Ukrainian drone attacks on a section of the Oboyan - Suja road in Belovo district. This was reported by the head of the district Nikolai Volobuev on Monday, December 16.

"Unfortunately, there was another tragic case in the area of the village of Sverdlovsky. As a result of an FPV drone attack, a civilian of our neighborhood was killed," he wrote in his Telegram channel.

According to his information, at the same site - between the village of Kommunar and the village of Belitsa - a few hours earlier, another civilian, who was riding a scooter, was killed in a drone attack.

The head of the district expressed condolences to the families and friends of the victims. In connection with the incident Volobuev reminded about the danger of transportation in this direction due to possible shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

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Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Kiev's "Kursk adventure" a crime against the Russian people, especially against the civilian population. The head of state noted that there is no sense in the actions of the Kiev regime in the border regions and the tasks of specialized bodies are to fix these crimes and punish those responsible.

Ukrainian militants attacked Russian positions in the border areas of Kursk region on August 6. The situation in the region was recognized as a federal emergency. The liquidation of the AFU units that invaded the Russian territory is underway.

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