Russian officials report fires caused by Ukrainian drone attack

kyiv, Ukraine.— More than 100 Ukrainian drones They were shot down over Russia on Sunday, authorities said, causing a forest fire and setting fire to an apartment block.

He Russian Ministry of Defense reported the downing of 125 drones overnight in seven regions. The southwestern region of Volgograd came under especially intense fire with 67 drones shot down by Russian anti-aircraft defenses, according to reports.

Another 17 drones were sighted in the Russian region of Voronezhwhere falling debris damaged an apartment block and a private home, local governor Aleksandr Gusev said. Images on social media showed flames coming out of the windows on the upper floor of a multi-story building. There were no reports of victims.

Another 18 drones were identified in the Rostov area and the fallen debris caused a forest fire, the governor said Vasily Golubev.

The fire did not threaten populated areas, he said, although emergency services were working to put out the flames, which had charred 20 hectares of forest.

Warnings about Russian ground operation

Separately, 16 civilians were wounded in a nighttime barrage on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Sunday, after Ukrainian military commanders warned that Moscow could be preparing a new military offensive in the south of the country.

The city was hit by Russian gliding bombs in 10 separate attacks that damaged a high-rise building and several homes, regional governor Ivan Fedorov wrote on his Telegram channel. There could be more people trapped under the rubble, he said.

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