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Ukraine’s military shells borderline Kursk Region over 110 times in last 24 hours

TASS · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · · 140 words
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Governor Alexander Khinshtein reported that Russian air defenses shot down 128 Ukrainian drones and intercepted 118 artillery strikes in the Kursk Region over a 24-hour period. He stated there were no casualties, although a non-operational post office in the village of Giryi caught fire.

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Claims checked 7
Techniques found 1
Topics 2

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The Ukrainian military shelled borderline areas of Russia’s Kursk Region over 110 times and air defenses shot down more than 120 enemy drones in the last 24 hours, with no casualties reported, Governor Alexander Khinshtein said on his Max social media channel.

Why it matters

GMT on June 1], air defenses shot down 128 enemy drones of various types.

Common ground

The enemy used artillery against re-settled communities 118 times and drones attacked our territory with explosives 24 times.

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Governor Alexander Khinshtein reported that Russian air defenses shot down 128 Ukrainian drones and intercepted 118 artillery strikes in the Kursk Region over a 24-hour period. He stated there were no casualties, although a non-operational post office in the village of Giryi caught fire.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Ukrainian military shelled borderline areas of Russia’s Kursk Region over 110 times... in the last 24 hours”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
The provided evidence mentions the Kursk campaign and a TASS report from June 3, 2026, regarding 160 shells, but there is no specific evidence provided that confirms the 'over 110 times' figure for the specific window of May 31 to June 1.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January to 31 May 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January to 31 May 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 8 June 2023, when the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive began, to 31 August 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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Claim 2: “air defenses shot down more than 120 enemy drones in the last 24 hours”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
The evidence contains general reports of drone raids and a mention of 555 drones shot down in a different context, but no specific source confirms the 'more than 120 drones' figure for the May 31 to June 1 period.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 214 days remain until the end of the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_31
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 July 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 August 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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Claim 3: “A non-operational post office building went on fire as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on the village of Giryi in the Belovsky district”
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The evidence mentions a drone attack in the village of Giryi, Belovsky district, but the provided search results describe an attack on a 'private house' where a man was injured, rather than a 'non-operational post office building'. The claim is not corroborated by the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — an enemy FPV drone attacked a private house in the village of Giryi, Belovsky district, and a man was injured.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/528663418654654/posts/129239…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 30, 2025 · The first time was in April 2024, when drones damaged the command post building. The second time was in the same month, when a fire was recorded ...
https://www.facebook.com/euromaidanpress.en/posts/russia-use…
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 2, 2024 · an enemy FPV drone attacked a private house in the village of Giryi, Belovsky district, and a man was injured.
https://www.facebook.com/united24.media/posts/moments-before…
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Claim 4: “no casualties reported”
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While the claim states no casualties, the evidence for claim 2 mentions that at least seven people were killed in Bryansk (a bordering region) on May 31, 2025. While not specifically in Kursk, it contradicts the general 'no casualties' narrative of the border attacks for that date.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kursk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk. As of the 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a population of 1,082,458.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Oblast
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 6 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard. A sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 6 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an offensive into Russia's Kursk Oblast, occupying parts of the region. It was the first time since World War II …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_occupation_of_Kursk_…
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Claim 5: “drones attacked our territory with explosives 24 times”
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The evidence mentions drone attacks in the Kursk region generally, but does not provide the specific number '24 times' for the May 31 to June 1 period.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2025 ... Two railway bridges in Bryansk and Kursk oblasts collapsed on the night of May 31 ... Russia launched its highest number of drones in the war on ...
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian…
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web search NEUTRAL — On 6 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_campaign
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web search NEUTRAL — On 14 May, an unidentified drone dropped an explosive device on the roof of ... Strike on Kursk Region, The Moscow Times, 22 November 2024. ↑ Russia says ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_R…
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Claim 6: “from 9:00 a.m. [Moscow time] on May 31 to 9:00 a.m. [Moscow time] on June 1... air defenses shot down 128 enemy drones of various types”
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No evidence provided specifically confirms the number 128 drones for the exact timeframe of 9:00 a.m. May 31 to 9:00 a.m. June 1.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 12 November 2022, following the conclusion of Ukraine's Kherson and Kharkiv counteroffensives, to 7 June 2023, the day before the 2023 U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January to 31 May 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January to 31 May 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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Claim 7: “The enemy used artillery against re-settled communities 118 times”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
The evidence provided for this claim consists of general definitions of the Ukrainian language and historical battles, with no mention of artillery strikes on resettled communities in the specified timeframe.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 225th Separate Assault Regiment (Ukrainian: 225 Окремий штурмовий полк) is an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the unit was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/225th_Separate_Assault_Regimen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of Kursk, also called the Battle of the Kursk Salient, was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian war include six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 military and civilian deaths during the war in Donbas, and be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrain…
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