Russia says it downs seven Ukrainian missiles over Kursk region
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Nov 25 (Reuters) -Seven Ukrainian missiles and seven drones were destroyed overnight over Russia's Kursk, the governor of the region that borders Ukraine said on Monday, in what an analyst described as a "massive attack".
"Our air defence fighters repelled the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces last night," Kursk regional governor Alexei Smirnov wrote on his Telegram channel.
He did not provide further detail. The Russian defence ministry said in its morning update that a total of 23 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the Russian territory. The ministry did not mention missiles in its statement.
A pro-Russian military analyst Roman Alyokhin, who serves as an adviser to the governor, said on Telegram that "Kursk was subjected to a massive attack by foreign-made missiles" overnight.
"It was very loud and there were a lot of them (missiles)," Alyokhin said.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. It was not clear what weapons Ukraine used. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into the Kursk region in August, but has sincelost more than 40% of the territory it had captured as Russian forces have mounted waves of counter-assaults, a senior Ukrainian military source told Reuters.
After U.S. President Joe Biden allowed Kyiv to fire U.S.-supplied missiles at targets deep inside Russia, Ukraine last week fired U.S. ATACMS and British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia.
Moscow responded with a strike on Ukraine using a newly developedhypersonic ballistic missile.
Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Lincoln Feast.
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