(Reuters) – A woman was injured and houses destroyed in two key cities in Russia’s Saratov region as a result of a Ukrainian drone strike on Monday, the governor of the region southeast of Moscow said.
A residential complex in the city of Saratov was breached due to debris from destroyed drones falling through Russian air defense systems, regional governor Roman Basurgin said on the Telegram messaging app.
“A woman is hospitalized in serious condition,” Basurin said. “The doctors are fighting for her life. “
Earlier, Basurgin said the emergency had been deployed to the affected sites in Saratov and Engels, key cities in the region several hundred kilometers southeast of the capital.
Russia has a strategic bomber military base in Engels that Ukraine has attacked several times since Moscow introduced its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
There is no immediate information on damage to the base or the extent of the Ukrainian attack on the region, which is several hundred kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
A video posted on Telegram via the Russian news channel SHOT shows what is known as a high-rise rental construction in Saratov, with a broken one and several windows blown out over 3 floors.
In Engels, the most sensitive land for a residential construction was damaged, the statement added.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Both sides deny targeting civilians in their attacks, which they say aim to destroy infrastructure key to war efforts.
(Reporting via Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; editing via Christopher Cushing and Clarence Fernandez)
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