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Russian pensioner fined for trying to shoot down drones with shotgun

A magistrate judge in the village of Yelan, in Russia’s Volgograd region, fined a local pensioner 40,000 rubles for trying to shoot down drones on his own. The independent Russian news outlet Verstka uncovered the court’s ruling, issued in July 2026.

Russian pensioner fined for trying to shoot down drones with shotgun

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