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Russian officials say at least 16 wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks on two cities

At least 16 injured from drone strikes damaging residential buildings and an oil refinery fire amid ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, officials reported multiple interceptions of drones.

  • On Thursday, Ukrainian drone operators launched attacks that injured at least 16 people and damaged apartment buildings in Rostov-on-Don, authorities said.
  • On the eve of planned peace talks, Ukrainian drone strikes wounded eight civilians and five volunteer detachment members in Belgorod, authorities said.
  • According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the systems intercepted 44 Ukrainian drones between late Wednesday and early Thursday, including seven over annexed Crimea, plus nine over Volgograd and two over Belgorod, and destroyed eight between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.
  • In the Belgorod region, authorities said a drone crash wounded three people, including a man with shrapnel wounds and his wife with burns, while debris caused an oil spill and fire at a Volgograd refinery.
  • Subsequently, authorities declared a local state of emergency and Rostov Mayor Aleksandr Skryabin said residents were evacuated to a nearby school's temporary accommodation center.
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Ukraine fired dozens of drones at Russia between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, an attack that resulted in three injuries.

·Montreal, Canada
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A Ukrainian drone carrying up to 20 kilograms of explosives struck a residential building in the city of Rostov-on-Don this morning, SHOT reported. The attack injured 13 people.

·Budapest, Hungary
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