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LONDON — At the least seven Russian areas have been focused by dozens of unmanned drones on Tuesday, marking a second day of obvious Ukrainian assaults in Russia.
The Russian Protection Ministry mentioned no less than 58 drones have been shot down by air defenses in a single day and Wednesday morning.
Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned the 2 days of assaults on Russian areas have been an try by Ukrainian forces and pro-Ukrainian Russians to stop the holding of presidential elections. Voting in these elections is scheduled for subsequent weekend.
Smoke rises after a drone strikes a refinery, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, in Ryazan, Ryazan area, Russia, on this screenshot of a video obtained by Reuters, March 13, 2024.
Video obtained by Reuters
“The principle purpose, I’ve little question, is to, if not disrupt the presidential elections in Russia, then no less than in some way disrupt the traditional strategy of expressing the need of residents,” Putin mentioned on Wednesday.
In the identical interview with state media, Putin once more talked about Moscow’s willingness to make use of nuclear weapons if this have been essential for state safety.
“I do not assume we’re in a rush to do it,” he mentioned, “however we’re ready for this.”
On this polar picture distributed by the Russian state company Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin offers an interview to TV presenter and Director Common of Rossiya Segodnya (RIA Novosti) information company Dmitry Kiselyov (not pictured) on the Kremlin in Moscow on March 12 2024.
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The drones shot down places in Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Ryazan and the Leningrad area on Wednesday, Russian army officers mentioned.
The ministry had mentioned on Tuesday that it had destroyed dozens of different Ukrainian drones in varied areas inside Russia.
ABC Information’ Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.
Putin claims waves of drones invading Russia are a Ukrainian try at election interference
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