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BY VERONIKA MELKOZEROVA

Russia's air force dropped a massive missile on its own territory earlier this month, according to an independent media report.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's military has been regularly bombing Ukraine from the skies above its border regions, such as Belgorod, which has led to friendly fire incidents.

Last week, Russia's air force “dropped” an X-59 missile in the Belgorod region, 92 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, Russian independent media Astra reported on Telegram late Monday, citing its sources.

“The military had to destroy it on the spot. There were no victims,” Astra said.

Overall, at least 21 aerial bombs fell from Russian planes on Russia or occupied territories of Ukraine in March and April alone, Astra reported.

“There are no exact answers as to why this keeps happening,” the journalists wrote. POLITICO was not able to independently verify Astra's account.

On April 2, a Russian bomber dropped an explosive near the railway station in Rubizhne, a town in the occupied part of the Luhansk region. “The number of victims is not reported, the survivors were evacuated and kept together,” Artem Lysohor, head of Ukraine's military administration in the Luhansk region said in a statement.

On April 20 last year a Russian aerial bomb fell in the center of Belgorod, creating a giant crater. The Russian defense ministry said in a statement that “during the flight of the Su-34 aircraft of the Aerospace Forces over the city of Belgorod, an unusual fall of aviation ammunition occurred.”