Child killed, five Injured in Russia drone attack
Russia sees biggest drone assault on its own territory since invading Ukraine PHOTO:CNN
Five people were injured and a child was killed in a drone attack on the southwestern Russian region of Krasnodar, the local governor said Friday.
"A six-year-old girl died of injuries in the hospital following a drone attack in Primorsko-Akhtarsk," a city in the Krasnodar region, Venyamin Kondratyev said on Telegram.
He said that five other people, including a child, were hospitalised.
A three-story apartment building was damaged in the attack, and residents evacuated, he added.
"The Kyiv regime has made a new attempt to attack civilian sites on the territory of the region with drones," Kondratyev added, saying the Russian air defence forces had shot down "several drones".
A local electricity station was also hit in the attack, he said.
Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russian territory this year, targeting energy sites it says supplies the Russian military as well as towns and villages near the border.