At least four people have died in an attack attributed to the Ukrainian Army against an industrial area located in the Russian region of Volgograd, local authorities have reported. The incident is part of the war that began after the order to invade Ukraine signed in February 2022 by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The regional governor, Andrei Bocharov, has said that an attack “carried out by the criminal regime of Kiev” has hit an industrial area in the regional capital, also called Volgograd, causing the deaths of four people and leaving two others injured. “I offer my most sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims,” he emphasized in his message.
In another statement circulated on social media, Bocharov added that a drone attack on the town of Svetli Yar, in the same region, caused material damage to several residential blocks and a youth center, although in this case no fatalities or injuries were recorded.
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense has said that its air defense systems shot down during the night nearly 1,200 Ukrainian drones, one of the highest figures since the start of the conflict. The devices would have been intercepted in more than 15 regions of the country, including Moscow, as well as over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014.