Russia Says Putin's Helicopter Was Targeted by Ukrainian Drones

In his press conference after meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on May 26, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned about Kiev’s “targeting the helicopter of the President of the Russian Federation.” Although no details have been provided by the Russian government, President Putin traveled to the Kursk region on May 20, and during the period of May 20-23 as many as 788 drone attacks were launched in the direction of Moscow, according to the Russian government, and were shot down as they passed over several regions—Kursk, Bryansk, Oryol, Kaluga, Lipetsk, etc.