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Drone attack kills one in Russia’s Voronezh region, sets warehouses ablaze

By Thomson Reuters Aug 10, 2026 | 11:42 PM

MOSCOW, Aug 11 (Reuters) – A drone attack killed one person and injured two ​others in Russia’s Voronezh ‌region overnight, while falling debris triggered fires at warehouse facilities, Alexander Gusev, the regional governor, said ‌on ​Tuesday.

Russia’s air defence ⁠units destroyed 15 ⁠drones over the city of Voronezh and five districts of the region, Gusev said ​on Telegram.

“A drone crash caused fires at two warehouses ⁠of a ⁠large company. At one ​facility, the fire has been contained ​to an area of 16,000 ‌square meters, while at the other, a blaze covering 20,000 square meters is ⁠being extinguished. Emergency services are on scene,” the governor said.

He did not ⁠identify ‌the company whose warehouses ⁠were affected.

Earlier on ​Tuesday, ‌Russian online retailer Wildberries ​said its ⁠logistics facilities in the Voronezh region had been evacuated in accordance with safety requirements.

(Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy; Editing by ​Christian Schmollinger)