‘Unprecedented' Ukrainian drone attack leaves man dead
The raid was launched in the early hours on Sunday, Drozdenko said. It was mostly repelled by the local air defense forces. Some UAVs fell on residential buildings, causing fires, the governor said, adding that one man died. Three people, including a woman and two youths, also sustained light injuries.
The governor called the strike on Sunday 'an unprecedented attack.' A total of 51 drones were shot down, he said.
Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that nearly 100 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted in Russian airspace overnight. Kiev has been launching increasingly large-scale drone raids targeting various Russian regions despite renewed diplomatic contacts with Moscow.
The latest attacks came after a new round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, held in Istanbul earlier this week. No ceasefire was reached, but the two sides made progress on humanitarian issues, including agreements on the exchange of prisoners of war and civilians.
Ukraine has been conducting UAV raids deep into Russia for months, often hitting residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure. The Russian government labels Ukraine's strikes as 'terrorist attacks' that intentionally target civilians.
Last week, residential buildings in the city of Voronezh were hit in two such attacks in less than three days. The strikes left nearly three dozen people injured, including three children.
On Thursday, two women were killed and more than a dozen people injured in a drone strike on the southern resort city of Sochi. The UAVs targeted a sprawling resort zone that includes parts of the former Olympic Park and now serves as a popular tourist destination.
On Friday, a Ukrainian drone struck a passenger train in the Russia's southern Krasnodar Region.
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