Debris from a downed UAV struck an apartment block in Smolensk Region, Vasily Anokhin has said<\/p>\n
Two people have been killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia\u2019s Smolensk Region, according to local governor Vasily Anokhin.
\nDebris from a downed UAV hit an apartment block in the town of Yartsevo, causing the blaze which took the lives of the two civilians, Anokhin said in a post on social media on Wednesday morning.
\n\u201cI express my sincere condolences to their families and loved ones of the victims. We share in your grief,\u201d he said.
\nTen residents were successfully evacuated from the burning building, the governor said.
\nDuring the night, a total of 37 drones were destroyed above Smolensk Region, located some 360 kilometers west of Moscow and bordering Belarus, according to Anokhin.
\nLeningrad Region, which surrounds Russia\u2019s second largest city St. Petersburg, was the target of an even larger overnight Ukrainian drone raid. Local governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said that at least 150 UAVs were shot down there overnight.
\nAccording to Drozdenko, Kiev again targeted the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, which is home to a major gas processing complex and Europe\u2019s largest oil terminal for the transshipment of petroleum products from rail to tanker ship.
\nSeveral drones hit the port area, causing a fire and wounding three people, the governor said. Their lives no longer in danger, he added.
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