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Eight injured in drone attack in Russia’s Ulyanovsk region, one killed in Belgorod region

By Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2026 | 11:29 PM

MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Eight people, including a child, were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack ​on Russia’s Ulyanovsk region ‌on Friday morning, Governor Alexei Russkikh said.

Russkikh said on Telegram that industrial and civilian infrastructure in the region had been ‌damaged ​in the attack.

In ⁠Russia’s Belgorod region, one ⁠civilian was killed and another wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a truck overnight, the regional ​operational headquarters said.

Voronezh region Governor Alexander Gusev said air defence ⁠forces had destroyed 88 ⁠drones overnight over the ​regional capital and at least six districts. ​Four people were injured in ‌Voronezh, while residential buildings, vehicles and industrial facilities were damaged, he said.

Separately, Perm region Governor Dmitry Makhonin ⁠said on Telegram that air defence units and mobile fire groups were repelling a “massive” ⁠drone ‌attack on the region. ⁠He said an industrial facility ​had ‌been targeted but that ​there were ⁠no preliminary reports of casualties, with emergency services working at the scene.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports.

(Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy; Editing by ​Jamie Freed)