{"id":7842,"date":"2024-05-07T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=7842"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T15:00:44","slug":"russia-reports-downing-2-ukrainian-drones-over-belgorod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=7842","title":{"rendered":"Russia reports downing 2 Ukrainian drones over Belgorod"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Russia\u2019s defense ministry said Tuesday the country\u2019s air defense shot down a Ukrainian drone over the Belgorod region.<\/p>\n

The drone intercept was the second to take place over Belgorod in less than 12 hours, after Russian air defenses shot down another drone overnight.<\/p>\n

Belgorod\u2019s regional governor reported air sirens but no further information about damage from drone debris.<\/p>\n

Belgorod, located along the border between Russia and Ukraine, is a frequent target of Ukrainian attacks.<\/p>\n

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Russia threatened Monday to strike British military targets inside Ukraine and elsewhere if Ukraine\u2019s military uses British-supplied long-range missiles against Russian targets.<\/p>\n

During a visit to Kyiv last week, Cameron said Ukrainian forces will be able to use British long-range weapons to strike targets inside Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as Russia is striking inside Ukraine, you can quite understand why Ukraine feels the need to make sure it’s defending itself,” Cameron said in an interview with Reuters last week.<\/p>\n

Cameron also said that London did not put “caveats” on how Ukrainian forces use weapons supplied by Britain.<\/p>\n

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The Russian foreign ministry announced in a statement it had summoned British Ambassador Nigel Casey in Moscow and warned him that if Ukrainian forces use British-supplied weapons to strike Russia, Moscow could retaliate at “any U.K. military facility and equipment on Ukrainian territory and beyond.”<\/p>\n

“The ambassador was urged to reflect on the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps by London and to immediately refute in the strongest and most unequivocal manner the bellicose provocative statements by the head of the Foreign Office,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Russia also announced earlier that it was planning new nuclear weapons drills near Ukraine\u2019s borders, citing “threats” made by Western leaders, including French leader Emmanuel Macron and British officials, and in response to NATO\u2019s expansive military exercises close to the Russian borders.<\/p>\n

Some information for this report was provided by Reuters, The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n