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A video posted on Telegram by the Russian news SHOT channel showed what it identified as a high-rise residential building in Saratov. (@NOELreports
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A woman was injured and homes damaged in Saratov, Russia, following a Ukrainian drone attack. The drone debris affected Saratov and Engels
A woman was wounded and homes damaged in two key cities of Russia’s Saratov region as a result of Ukraine’s drone attack on Monday, the governor of the region southeast of Moscow said.
A residential complex in the city of Saratov was damaged by falling debris from drones destroyed by Russia’s air defence systems, regional governor Roman Basurgin said on the Telegram messaging app.
Saratov high-rise
A video posted on Telegram showed what it identified as a high-rise residential building in Saratov, with a damaged side and several windows blown out across three floors. Another video going viral on the social media platform X showed a drone crashing into a building. However, News18 couldn’t independently verify the authenticity of the video.
Engels and Saratov were reportedly attacked by drones this morning. So far, reports indicate damaged buildings and at least 20 vehicles. One of the drones crashed into the tallest high-rise building in Saratov, falling about 12 kilometers short of the Engels military airfield. pic.twitter.com/cjsmedAqf3— NOELREPORTS (@NOELreports) August 26, 2024
“A woman was hospitalised in serious condition,” Basurgin said. “Doctors are fighting for her life.” Earlier, Basurgin said emergency services had fanned out at affected sites in Saratov and Engels, key cities in the region several hundred kilometres southeast of the capital.
Russia has a strategic bomber military base in Engels that Ukraine has attacked numerous times since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in Feb. 2022. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war is continuing after two years.
These attacks came as Ukrainian military and local authorities said on Sunday that Russia launched attacks on northern, eastern and southern Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 37.
Overnight attacks targeted Ukraine’s frontline regions of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk, Ukraine’s air force said on Telegram. Russia has been pummelling Ukrainian border regions with strikes, and Kyiv said its surprise incursion earlier this month into Russia’s Kursk region aimed to hinder Moscow’s ability to stage such attacks.
(With agency inputs)
