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Ukraine launches overnight drone attack across Russia, 223 shot down
Ukrainian drones targeted many regions of Russia overnight. A three-year-old child died in Voronezh, a civilian was killed in Belgorod; Russia's Defense Ministry announced that 223 drones were destroyed.
Ukrainian drones carried out a large-scale overnight attack on Russian territory. Russia's Defense Ministry said air defense systems had neutralized 223 drones, as the attacks caused civilian casualties and significant damage.
Energy facility hit
Ulyanovsk Region Governor Aleksey Russkih said a fuel and energy complex in the Novospassky district was hit by a drone attack. Russkih said special services were working at the scene, adding: "I ask you to remain calm; I will inform you about the fire extinguishing and the situation at the facility."
Child killed in Voronezh
Voronezh Region Governor Aleksandr Gusev reported that a drone crash caused a fire in a private house near Voronezh, killing a three-year-old boy. The child's parents sustained various degrees of injuries, it was stated.
Gusev noted that during the night, air defense forces detected and destroyed 36 drones over Voronezh and six districts of the region. A 19-year-old was lightly injured in the same area and did not require hospitalization, he said. In the attacks, the roof of a market warehouse and the facade of another similar structure were damaged. Windows were broken in nine detached houses, roofs and outbuildings were damaged; 15 apartments in five buildings will need window replacement and communication repairs. Around ten cars were damaged by shrapnel. In two more districts, the roofs, windows and facades of two houses were damaged.
Five injured in Kursk
Kursk Region Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein said five people were injured in attacks over the past 24 hours, with no fatalities. A 50-year-old woman suffered shrapnel wounds in the village of Voronok in Rylsky district, a 28-year-old man was injured in Belaya Sloboda in Belovsky district, and a 60-year-old woman was injured in the village of Tolpino in Korenevsky district, he said. He added that in the village of Pushkarnoye, a munition dropped from a drone caused closed head injuries, brain concussions and blind shrapnel wounds to two young women aged 19 and 20, who received first aid and will be taken to hospital in Kursk.
Dead and injured in Belgorod
Acting Governor of Belgorod Region Aleksandr Shuvayev reported that a civilian was killed in Shebekinsky district. He also wrote that nine people were injured in the city of Belgorod and Belgorodsky, Krasnoyaruzhsky and Shebekinsky districts, four of whom are receiving treatment in hospital.
Shuvayev said the region was attacked 157 times, including seven attacks carried out with multiple-launch rocket systems, artillery and aviation, and seven with drones dropping explosive devices. He noted that the attacks targeted the city of Belgorod and Alekseyevsky, Belgorodsky, Borisovsky, Valuysky, Veydelevsky, Volokonovsky, Grayvoronsky, Krasnoyaruzhsky, Novooskolsky, Rakityansky, Starooskolsky, Shebekinsky and Yakovlevsky districts.
223 drones destroyed
Russia's Defense Ministry reported that air defense systems had neutralized 223 Ukrainian drones during the night. According to the ministry's statement, the drones were detected and destroyed between 20:00 on July 22 and 08:00 on July 23 over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Orenburg, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tver, Tula, Ulyanovsk regions, as well as the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Tatarstan and the Sea of Azov.
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