Three people were killed and three others injured, including a one-year-old child, after Ukrainian drones struck residential areas in Tula Region, Russia, Governor Dmitry Milyaev has said.
The attack damaged several private homes and commercial facilities in the settlements of Yamny, Maslovo, Mikhalkovo, and Inshinsky outside Tula, a city around 193 km (120 miles) south of Moscow.
“Unfortunately, according to preliminary information, three people were killed. Three others, including a one-year-old child, were injured. The victims are receiving the necessary medical assistance,” Milyaev wrote on Max on Monday.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Monday morning that four UAVs heading toward the Russian capital were shot down, with emergency specialists dispatched to debris fall sites.
According to the Defense Ministry, Russian air defenses intercepted or destroyed 249 Ukrainian UAVs on Sunday over Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh, Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Rostov, Ryazan, Vladimir, Astrakhan, Tver, Yaroslavl, and Kostroma regions, as well as Crimea.
One person was killed and eight injured when a drone struck an apartment building in Oryol Region, and an elderly woman was hospitalized after UAV debris hit a house in Smolensk Region.
In Kursk Region, two women and a man were injured in separate strikes, and four people, including a child, were reported wounded in Belgorod Region. A local resident was also killed in the Crimean city of Saki, according to the regional authorities.
In Yaroslavl Region, the authorities said debris fell on industrial facilities, sparking a fire but causing no casualties. Local media reported a ‘fuel-oil rain’ after the attack.
The strike is the latest in a series of long-range Ukrainian drone raids reaching deep into Russian territory. Russian officials have accused Kiev of targeting residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure, arguing that these attacks offer limited military value and are primarily aimed at intimidating the population.
Moscow has warned that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure will be met with “systematic and consistent strikes” against dual-use targets across Ukraine, including power facilities, military sites, command centers, and drone production plants. Russia maintains that it does not deliberately target purely civilian locations.