Ukrainian drone hits apartment building in Russian city of Yekaterinburg, local official says
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Smoke and fire in a building after it was struck by a drone, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk region, Russia, on April 25.
PHOTO: REUTERS
- A Ukrainian drone hit a Yekaterinburg apartment building on April 25, the city's first attack. No fatalities, but minor injuries and one woman hospitalised.
- The attack, 1,900km from Kyiv, targeted a city housing defence factories and followed a major Russian attack killing seven in Ukraine.
- This reflects Ukraine's strategy of striking deep inside Russia with drones, retaliating against Russian bombardments during the ongoing conflict.
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A Ukrainian drone hit a multi-storey apartment building in Russia’s fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, the regional governor said on April 25, in the first attack on the city since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
There were no fatalities, but some people suffered minor injuries and one woman was hospitalised, the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Mr Denis Pasler, wrote on the Telegram app.
“Residents of the affected building have been evacuated,” he said. “All emergency services are working promptly.”
Video published on social media platform X and verified by Reuters showed smoke pouring out of the top of a modern, high-rise building. Part of the building’s facade was heavily blackened and multiple windows were blown out.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
The drone incident in Yekaterinburg came after a major Russian overnight attack on Ukraine killed seven people and injured dozens.
Yekaterinburg, which has 1.5 million residents, is located in Russia’s Ural mountains in the Sverdlovsk region, which is home to many defence sector factories. The city is more than 1,900km from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
During the Ukraine conflict, which began in 2022, Russia has bombarded Ukrainian targets with artillery, drones and air strikes, while Ukraine has struck deep inside Russia with sabotage groups and drones, killing Russian generals and attacking oil refineries and oil pipelines. REUTERS
