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The western Russian region of Kursk was battered for yet another night by a drone offensive.<\/p>\n
Overnight, seven settlements in the area neighbouring Ukraine were left without power after what appeared to be a successful attack carried out by an unmanned aerial vehicle.<\/p>\n
The local governor, Roman Starovoyt, pointed the finger at Ukraine – which in turn has rarely claimed responsibility for attacks outside its borders and hasn’t yet taken responsibility for this one.<\/p>\n
Mr Starovoyt wrote on Telegram: “In the morning, in the village of Snagost, Korenevsky district, a Ukrainian drone dropped an explosive device on an electrical substation, cutting off power to 7 settlements.”<\/p>\n
The attack didn’t harm any resident, the governor added.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> German doctors ‘may be giving life-saving treatment’ to Putin warlord Kadyrov<\/strong><\/p>\n He also wrote on the messaging platform: “Emergency crews will begin restoring power supply as soon as conditions allow.”<\/p>\n This comes one day after the Russian military claimed to have downed two Ukrainian drones in this same region.<\/p>\n Moscow also said to have hit with its air defence systems two other drones in Bryansk and another flying over Belgorod.<\/p>\n Four, they added, were also shot down over Crimea, the Ukrainian territory annexed by Moscow in 2014.<\/p>\n