The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today, Friday, the downing of 7 Ukrainian drones in the airspace of the border provinces of Belgorod and Kursk amid escalating battles on several fronts between Russian and Ukrainian forces. The Ministry stated in a statement that during the past night, Kiev attempted to carry out an attack using drones on targets in Russian territory, but the air defense systems on duty shot down 4 Ukrainian drones over the territory of Belgorod province and 3 drones over Kursk. Source: National Iraqi News Agency