MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly congratulated his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on his birthday over the phone, the Kremlin press service reported.

"Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly congratulated Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, who had just concluded a working visit to Moscow the day before, on his birthday over the phone," the statement said.

Russian air defenses down 494 Ukrainian drones overnight — top brass

Air defenses intercepted and destroyed fixed-wing drones over the Leningrad, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk, Tver, Smolensk, Oryol, Pskov, Tula, Novgorod, Rostov, Krasnodar, and Moscow Regions, Crimea, as well as over the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea

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