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Two people were killed and 17 others, including a child, were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Voronezh region, Governor Alexander Gusev said on Monday, according to Anadolu Agency.
In a statement on the Russian social media platform “Max”, Gusev offered condolences to the victims’ families and friends on behalf of himself and the regional government. He wished the injured a speedy recovery and said doctors would do everything possible to help them.
“According to updated data, which may be supplemented, two people were killed in the terrorist attack in Voronezh, unfortunately (men born in 1960 and 1973), and 17 were wounded. Among the wounded is one child,” Gusev said.
He urged residents not to post photos or videos online showing the aftermath of air defence operations, particularly images containing geographic references.
On Sunday, five people sought medical assistance after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Belgorod, the regional operational headquarters said on “Max”. Belgorod Governor Alexander Shuvaev said two civilians were killed and 13 injured.
Shuvaev said the strikes damaged eight commercial facilities, three social facilities, 30 apartment buildings, 35 vehicles, four private houses and three administrative buildings.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces carried out overnight strikes on logistics centres, energy facilities, ports and vessels used to support Ukrainian forces.
In Ukraine, two people were injured in Russian attacks in the Chernihiv region, four in strikes on the city of Zaporizhzhia and two in attacks on settlements in the Kharkiv region, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday that four people had been killed and 32 injured in Russian strikes the previous day.
The claims from both sides could not be independently verified.
