India, May 26 -- A Russian military commander claimed that President Vladimir Putin's helicopter was 'at the epicenter' of a Ukrainian drone attack on May 20. Yury Dashkin, according to Russian news agency RBC, said that the alleged attack took place in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

Ukraine is yet to respond to these claims. "We were simultaneously engaged in an air defense battle and ensuring airspace security for the president's helicopter flight," Dashkin, commander of an air defense division, said, as per RBC. "The helicopter was effectively at the epicenter of the response to the massive drone attack."

Putin was in Kursk earlier this week, his first visit to the Kursk Oblast region since March.

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