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Russia says Ukrainian drones sparked fires in several regions

by VOA News

   Russian officials reported fires Wednesday after Ukrainian drone
   attacks targeting parts of western Russia.

   Vasily Anokhin, governor of the Smolensk region, said on Telegram the
   fires were located in the Smolensk and Yartsevo districts, but that
   there were no reported injuries.

   The governor of the Voronezh region, in southwestern Russia, said
   falling debris from a downed drone hit a house and sparked a fire.

   Russia's defense ministry said its air defenses shot down a drone over
   Smolensk and two drones over Voronezh overnight. Russian forces also
   destroyed two more Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region and three
   over the Kursk region, both areas that border Ukraine.

   On the other side of the border, officials in Kharkiv reported
   Wednesday that Russia struck the city of Kharkiv with missiles,
   injuring at least six people.

   Oleh Synehubov, the governor in Kharkiv, said the missiles damaged
   three apartment buildings and five other buildings.

   Some information for this story came from Agence France-Presse and
   Reuters

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