VORONEZH, October 26. /TASS/. Two civilians were killed and 17 others, including a child, were injured in a Ukrainian attack on the Voronezh Region in central Russia, Governor Alexander Gusev reported.
According to him, many of the victims were on a train traveling through the left-bank suburbs of Voronezh when drone debris fell on it.
TASS has compiled the key information on the attack’s aftermath.
Scale
- On-duty air defenses shot down 113 Ukrainian drones over the Voronezh Region in central Russia overnight, with 70 of them directly over Voronezh, Governor Alexander Gusev reported on his Max channel.
Fatalities, injuries
- Two people were killed and 17 others, including a child, were injured as a result of the Ukrainian attack, the regional head emphasized.
- He specified that the deceased were two men born in 1960 and 1973.
- According to Gusev, many of the injured, including two with serious injuries, were on a train traveling through the left-bank suburbs of Voronezh when drone debris fell on it.
- At least five passengers on the Anapa-Moscow train were injured as a result of the drone attack in the Voronezh Region, Russian Railways reported.
- They are receiving the necessary medical assistance, the company added.
Aftermath
- According to Gusev, the Ukrainian attack caused fires at several industrial facilities, an office building in the city center, an apartment building, a number of private residences, a school stadium, and a parking garage.
- Damage to building facades and windows has been reported in nearly all districts of the city.
- Due to the drone attack in the Voronezh Region on the Tresvyatskaya-Somovo-Otroshka-Voronezh section, train service has been temporarily suspended, Russian Railways said.
- Repair crews are working to restore service.
- Russian Railways has warned of possible delays for southbound passenger trains and commuter trains.
