Four people killed by Ukrainian drone raids across Russia – officials
Four people have been killed in Russia following a series of Ukrainian drone strikes that damaged industrial facilities and residential areas, local officials have said.
On Saturday, Yury Slyusar, acting governor of the southern Rostov Region, reported that the Russian military had repelled a “massive air attack,” with drones downed over several districts. He added that one security guard had been killed at an industrial site in the town of Uglerodovskoye. The facility caught fire, but the blaze was later extinguished, the acting governor reportded.
In Penza Region in central Russia, Governor Oleg Melnichenko said drones targeted a local enterprise, killing a woman and injuring two others, who he said were expected to recover.
Meanwhile, Samara Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said an elderly man had died when debris from a drone hit his summer house in Kuybyshevsky district, triggering a fire. The Ukrainian drone raid also prompted temporary mobile internet restrictions in the area.
Operations at airports in Penza, Saratov and Tambov regions were also temporarily suspended for security reasons.
Later in the day, Maksim Pukhov, head of the city of Energodar in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region, reported that one woman died and one man was injured in a Ukrainian drone raid on an industrial zone, which targeted a civilian vehicle. He also said there was high activity of Ukrainian UAVs in the area, which he said impeded the operations of emergency services.
According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, a total of 112 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight across Russia, with the bulk neutralized over Rostov and Krasnodar regions.
Ukraine has been carrying out drone attacks deep into Russia for months, frequently striking residential buildings and critical infrastructure. In retaliation, Moscow has been using high-precision weapons to attack Ukraine’s military-related targets, while insisting the strikes are never aimed at civilians.
