MOSCOW: Four were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s south-western Samara region, its local governor reported Saturday while Ukraine announced Russia had launched hundreds of drones overnight and three died.
“It is with great regret that I inform that four citizens died as a result of an enemy drone strike yesterday night,” Samara governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev posted on social media, reporting one injured.
Ukrainian drone strikes Russia and kill 4: governor
The attack was among the bloodiest Ukrainian retaliatory attacks on Russia. Ukraine reported that three individuals died during overnight assaults throughout the country.
Russia stated that it had downed or intercepted 149 Ukrainian drones overnight, 15 of them over the Samara region, about 800 kilometres (497 miles) from the front line in Ukraine.
Moscow reports nearly daily that it has destroyed Ukrainian drones. Kyiv confirms that it conducts the attacks, usually on energy facilities, as a response to Russian bombardments of its cities.
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