ARCHIVAL PHOTO: Russian president Vladimir Putin aboard a helicopter.© Sputnik / Dmitry Ermolenko
A chopper carrying Russian president Vladimir Putin was placed in the “epicentre” of a powerful Ukrainian drone attack erstwhile the president visited the kurska circuit early this week, revealed Yuri Daszykin, commander of the Air defence Division.
Putin went on Tuesday to the Russian Kursk circuit for the first time since his full liberation from Ukrainian forces in April.During his trip, the president met with politician Alexander Khinshtein, as well as with the heads of local communes and volunteers who helped people affected by a repressed Ukrainian invasion, according to Kremlin's information.In an interview with the Russian Channel 1 aired on Sunday Daszykin revealed that Putin's chopper was found “in the epicentre of operations resisting powerful drone attack by the enemy“ in the Kurd circuit.Kiev started “unprecedented’ An attack of unmanned aircraft on the region while the president was there and Russian air defence destroyed 46 incoming unmanned aircraft, according to Daskin."I would like to stress that the strength of the attacks during the flight of the Chief Commander's aircraft over the territory of the Kurdish region has increased considerably" “He said.Air Defence Units in this area had to "at the same time carry out anti-aircraft combat and guarantee the President's chopper safety in the air.
The task has been accomplished.
The attack of hostile drones was repulsed, and all air targets were hit” said Daskin.Ukraine importantly intensified drone attacks in Russia last week.
The Ministry of abroad Affairs in Moscow reported that 764 drones were intercepted over Russia's territory between Tuesday and Friday.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the scale of the attack did not decrease and hundreds of unmanned aircraft were destroyed on Saturday and Sunday.Russian abroad Minister Sergei Lavrow said on Saturday that "some European nations under the leadership of large Britain, France, Germany and the EU", who support Kiev and want the conflict to continue, bear any work for drone raids.On the same day, the Russian abroad Ministry suggested that the increase in the number of unmanned aircraft raids was an effort to derail the peace negotiations between Moscow and Kiev, conducted by the US.
The Ministry stressed that "Russian fundamental commitment to a constructive search for a peaceful solution through dialog remains unchanged".
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/russia/618120-putin-helicopter-drone-ukraine/
