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A Belarusian fighter jet attempted to down a Russian Shahed-type drone that flew into Belarus’ airspace during an overnight attack against Ukraine on Aug. 29, the Belarusian Hajun monitoring group said. The Kyiv Independent could not immediately verify the claim. While Russian attack drones have reportedly veered off course toward Belarus during air raids on Ukraine on multiple occasions, this would be the first known case of a Belarusian Air Force plane attempting to shoot one of them down. According to Belarusian Hajun, the drone flew into the Yelsk district of the Homel region at around 3:3…

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