Homes were destroyed and flights were limited in Russia’s Saratov region following Monday’s Ukrainian drone attack, which also wounded a woman, Russian officials and news agencies said.
A residential complex in the city of Saratov broke down due to falling debris from destroyed drones through Russian air defense systems, regional governor Roman Basurgin said on the Telegram messaging app.
“A woman hospitalized in serious condition,” Basurgin said. The doctors are fighting for his life. “
The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defense systems destroyed nine drones over the Saratov region, about 900 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
The Russian news agency RIA reported that flights were limited at the Saratov regional airport, citing the airport’s press service.
Earlier, Basurgin said emergency had been deployed to the affected sites in Saratov and Engels, key towns in the region several hundred kilometers southeast of the capital.
Russia has a strategic bomber military base at Engels that Ukraine has attacked several times since Moscow introduced its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
No data is immediately available on the damage caused to the base or the magnitude of the Ukrainian attack in the region, located several hundred kilometers from the border with Ukraine.