Russian defense forces shot down two Ukrainian drones in the Kursk region.
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Two Ukrainian drones had been shot down by Russian defense forces in the Kursk region
On 12 March, soldiers of the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Sibir (Siberian) Battalion reported that they had crossed the Russian border. The military volunteer groups posted an address online, and a video appeared on Telegram channels purporting to show military personnel firing their weapons on the Russian territory.
Soldiers of the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Sibir Battalion had made advances into Russia's Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts, fighting and inflicting losses upon the Russian Armed Forces
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