At least three people were killed in an overnight attack on Tuesday, officials say
FILE PHOTO: An ambulance in Russia. © Natalya Seliverstova / Sputnik
Ukrainian drones struck multiple high-rise apartment blocks in cities across southern Russia on Tuesday, officials said.
Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev described the Black Sea region attack as “one of the most prolonged and massive” since the conflict began in 2022. He reported that six people were injured and seven apartment blocks, along with seven smaller houses, were damaged.
Videos posted to Telegram purportedly show kamikaze drones crashing into residential buildings in the port city of Novorossiysk, which hosts a Russian naval base.
Attacks were also reported in the coastal resort towns of Tuapse, Gelendzhik, and Sochi, the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The drones struck Taganrog, a port on the Sea of Azov, the same night, killing one and injuring three, Mayor Svetlana Kambulova said. She added that the UAVs damaged two apartment blocks, a trade school, and a kindergarten. Rostov Region Governor Yury Slyusar later said the death toll had risen to three.
The strikes occurred after US and Ukrainian officials met in Geneva on Monday to discuss a new peace plan drafted last week by US President Donald Trump’s team. Ukraine’s EU supporters have since presented their own counterproposal in response to Washington’s document.