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Drone attack reported in Russian city of Kursk

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Drones reportedly dropped explosives over the Russian city of Kursk during the evening of Aug. 4, damaging two administrative buildings, Kursk Oblast Governor Roman Starovoyt said in a Telegram post.

According to the governor, windows in the two buildings were damaged and glass in the Pokrovsky Church was broken.

No casualties were reported.


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Rachel Amran is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked on the Europe and Central Asia team of Human Rights Watch investigating war crimes in Ukraine. Rachel holds a master's degree in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Regional Studies from Columbia University.

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