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Explosion occurs at night in Russian city of Kursk. Region's governor reports drone attack

The explosion occurred near the airfield.

Explosion occurs at night in Russian city of Kursk. Region's governor reports drone attack
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An explosion followed by a fire occurred in the Russian city of Kursk near the airfield on Tuesday night, 6 December. The regional authorities reported a drone attack, the governor of Kursk Region Roman Starovoyt said on Telegram.

"As a result of the drone attack, an oil storage tank caught fire near the Kursk airfield," the statement said.

According to the source, no one was injured as a result of the incident. The fire is being localised and "all special services" are working at the scene.

Yesterday the Russian army launched 70 X-101, X-555, X-22, X-59, X-31 P and Kalibr missiles at the territory of Ukraine. In total, the Air Defence units of Ukraine destroyed more than 60 missiles of the occupiers.

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