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Two dead, five injured in Ukrainian attacks on Crimea and southern Russia, authorities say

By Thomson Reuters Jul 23, 2026 | 12:44 AM

MOSCOW, July 23 (Reuters) – Two people were killed including a three-year-old child in separate ​overnight Ukrainian attacks on ‌a southern Russian city and on the Russian-controlled peninsula of Crimea, authorities said on Thursday.

Crimean governor Sergei ‌Aksyonov ​said one person ⁠died on the ⁠peninsula and four more were injured, including two children.

Falling drone debris sparked a fire at ​the home of a three-year-old boy in the ⁠city of Voronezh, ⁠some 500 kilometres (310 miles) ​south of Moscow, killing him, the ​regional governor Alexander Gusev said.

A ‌19-year-old man sustained minor injuries in the attack, which also damaged the roof of ⁠a warehouse belonging to an online marketplace and other buildings.

The governor of the ⁠Ulyanovsk ‌region east of ⁠Moscow said Ukrainian drones ​had ‌attacked an energy facility, ​which caught ⁠fire.

The Russian Defence Ministry said its air defence units downed 223 Ukrainian drones overnight.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Gleb Bryanski, ​Alexandra Hudson)