Ukrainian drone strikes kill five and damage facilities in Russia's Belgorod, Lipetsk and Perm regions
Drone attacks attributed to Ukraine killed four people in Belgorod, one in Lipetsk and injured workers at an industrial plant in Perm, officials said.
Ukrainian drone attacks overnight caused five fatalities across three Russian regions, local officials reported on Sunday. In Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine, three people were killed and 13 injured after a strike damaged dozens of apartment blocks, cars, houses and commercial premises, regional governor Alexander Shuvayev said. A separate incident in the village of Voznesenovka near Shebekino resulted in one death and another injury when a drone hit a car.
In the Lipetsk region, Governor Igor Artamonov said a missile strike on an industrial zone in Yelets killed a security guard and wounded a paramedic, who was taken to hospital for treatment. The specific facility targeted was not identified.
Further north, a drone attack on an industrial site in the Perm region injured five workers, according to regional governor Dmitry Makhonin, who said emergency services provided medical assistance but gave no details on the extent of the damage.
Russia's Defense Ministry also claimed its own drones struck a cargo vessel bound for the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk and hit logistics facilities in Kharkiv, Ukraine, alleging they were used to supply the Ukrainian military. Reuters could not independently verify those statements.