Russian attacks kill 12 in Ukraine as drone strike hits Russia’s Voronezh region

Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Russian attacks killed 12 people across Ukraine overnight, including six in Zaporizhzhia, while a drone attack killed one person and injured two in Russia’s Voronezh region, officials said on Tuesday.

Attacks in Ukraine

Russian troops launched missiles and aerial bombs at Zaporizhzhia early on Tuesday, killing six people and wounding 20, regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said. Photographs posted by Fedorov showed buildings and vehicles on fire.

Russia also struck Kyiv, where warehouses caught fire in a central district, according to the capital’s military administration. One person was injured.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said medical personnel had been deployed to the district. Reuters witnesses reported hearing explosions in the city, where air-raid alerts were issued along with Zaporizhzhia.

Local authorities said another six people were killed and 16 wounded overnight in the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions.

Drone attack in Voronezh

In Russia’s Voronezh region, a drone attack killed one person and injured two others, regional Governor Alexander Gusev said.

Russian air-defence units destroyed 15 drones over the city of Voronezh and five surrounding districts, Gusev said on Telegram.

Falling drone debris caused fires at two warehouses belonging to a large company. One fire covered 16,000 square metres and another spread across 20,000 square metres, he said.

Russian online retailer Wildberries said its logistics facilities in the region had been evacuated under safety procedures. It later said the fire at its facility had been extinguished, goods had not been damaged and deliveries had been redirected to other warehouses.