2023-08-26 10:18:02
According to the authorities there, two people were killed in Russian shelling in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. One person was injured when a cafe in the village of Podoly was hit, Kharkov region governor Oleh Synehubov wrote on Telegram. According to Russia, however, it has repelled a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow and another near the border with Ukraine.
Podoly was occupied by Russian soldiers shortly following the Russian invasion in February 2022, but was recaptured by Ukrainian troops in September. In recent weeks, the Russian army has tried to advance to the front in the Kharkiv region. The Ukrainian army speaks of battles that have become more difficult. However, their own positions were successfully defended. For the time being, there was no reaction from Moscow to the report on the latest attack in Podoly. Russia has consistently denied allegations of targeting civilians.
As Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced in the online service Telegram on Saturday night, the Russian air defense system destroyed a drone “approaching Moscow in the Istrinsky district”. There were no casualties or damage, rescue workers are on site.
The Defense Ministry said a second Ukrainian drone was destroyed in the Shebekino district early on Saturday. The district belongs to the Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine. An “attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using a drone once morest facilities on Russian territory was prevented,” the ministry said on Telegram.
According to the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, a town in the region was also shelled by Ukrainian forces. Four people were injured. Several houses and cars were also damaged.
In recent days, both the Russian capital and other regions of Russia have been increasingly targeted by Ukrainian drone strikes. On Wednesday, according to the authorities, three civilians were killed in the Belgorod region by an explosive device fired by Ukrainian forces using a drone. On the same day, a drone hit a high-rise building in a Moscow business district.
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