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Air defence forces have shot down a drone in the southern Russian region of Saratov, authorities said on Wednesday. The Russian Ministry of Defence announced on Telegram that a Ukrainian drone was destroyed by the air defence. This had thwarted Kiev’s attempt to “carry out a terrorist attack on facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation,” the post said. Russia had already shot down drones several times in the Saratov region, where the Engels-2 military airfield is located. Russia has stationed strategic bombers there for missile attacks on Ukraine. As recently as December, Moscow us…