Politics Moscow reports massive drone attacks in southern Russia
According to official reports, a child has died in Ukrainian drone attacks on targets in southern Russia.
A six-year-old girl died in hospital from injuries sustained in a drone attack on the city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, wrote the governor of the Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratiev, on Telegram. A further five people were injured. According to the governor, a three-storey residential building was severely damaged by debris from a downed drone. There is an airbase near Primorsko-Akhtarsk from where Russian drones regularly take off towards Ukraine.
According to media reports, a substation was also hit in the small town on the coast of the Sea of Azov. Videos shared on social networks are said to show the moment of the explosion.
Media: Refinery near Rostov shelled
The neighboring Rostov-on-Don region was also affected by the attacks. Governor Vasily Golubiev wrote that the air defense had intercepted all drones, so that there were only isolated "fires in the landscape". The independent portal Astra, in turn, reported that an oil refinery in the area had been hit. The extent of the damage is not known.
According to Governor Alexei Smirnov, a music school and several stores in the Kursk region, which also borders Ukraine, were damaged following a drone attack.
The Ministry of Defense in Moscow reported the launch of 14 drones over the Krasnodar region, 10 drones over the Rostov region and 26 drones over the part of the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia annexed by Russia. The military traditionally did not provide any information about damage.
Since Russia began its war of aggression against Ukraine more than two years ago, it has regularly fired on civilian objects in the hinterland of the neighboring state. However, the regions in Russia close to the border are also complaining of increasing shelling from the Ukrainian side. However, the number of victims and the extent of the damage is disproportionate to the destruction caused by Russia.
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