Ukrainian kamikaze drones kill two in Russia – governor
Two people have been killed and another severely wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia’s Belgorod Region, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said.
The attack, which involved three kamikaze-drones, targeted the outskirts of the village of Rozhdestvenka, located near Russia’s border with Ukraine, Gladkov wrote in a post on Telegram on Friday.
“As a result of the explosions, two people were killed and a third man was seriously injured,” he said.
An earthmover machine and some other construction equipment was damaged in the attack, according to the governor.
Earlier on Friday, Gladkov reported that a Ukrainian UAV had dropped an explosive device on a facility at an agricultural enterprise in the village of Maslova Pristan. The blast damaged the roof of the building but no human casualties resulted from this attack, he added.
At least five drones were shot down by air defenses in other parts of Belgorod Region earlier in the day, the governor said.
Throughout the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Ukraine has been targeting Russian territory with drones almost on a daily basis.
This week the attacks were most intense on Wednesday, with incursions by UAVs reported in the Ukraine-bordering regions of Voronezh, Kursk, and Belgorod. Most of the drones were destroyed. However, in Kursk Region a strike by a UAV caused a fire at an oil depot.
On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that a total of 796 Ukrainian drones have been shot down over the past week.
