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Woman Injured By Ukrainian Cluster Munitions in Russia's Kursk: Officials

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that air defense systems shot down as many as 31 Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Russian Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions overnight.
Kursk Region Governor Roman Starovoit said early Thursday that a woman was injured in the Ukrainian shelling of the town of Rylsk with the use of cluster munitions.
"The border town of Rylsk was shelled with cluster munitions from Ukraine. A woman suffered moderate shrapnel wounds, she was taken to Rylsk's central regional hospital and is receiving necessary medical assistance," the governor said on Telegram.
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Starovoit also said several houses, outbuildings and cars were damaged in different parts of the town. Unexploded munitions were also found, the governor said, adding that bomb squads were working to clear them.
The governor said earlier in the day that drones attacked infrastructure in three districts of the region, adding that there were power outages, but emergency services were working to restore power supply.
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