Ukrainian attack on Russia disrupts power, heating in Voronezh, says Russian governor

Photo of the region of the city of Voronezh, on the M4 highway, which connects Moscow to cities in southern Russia, on June 24, 2023 Stringer/Reuters A drone attack carried out by Ukraine overnight temporarily interrupted power and heating supplies in the city of Voronezh, in southwestern Russia, the regional governor reported this Sunday (9). The attack on Voronezh caused no injuries, Governor Alexander Gusev said on the Telegram messaging app. Several drones were shot down by electronic warfare systems, causing a fire at a utility facility, which was quickly extinguished, he added. Safety measures led to brief changes in central heating temperatures in some homes and power cuts in parts of the city, but supplies later normalized, Gusev said. See the videos that are trending on g1 The Russian Ministry of Defense did not mention any drones shot down over the Voronezh region in its daily update on Telegram this Sunday. The ministry reports how many drones its units destroy, not how many Ukraine launches. The ministry said a total of 44 Ukrainian drones were destroyed or intercepted overnight, including 43 over the Bryansk border region and one over the Rostov region in southern Russia. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Ukraine has stepped up drone and long-range missile attacks inside Russia, hitting oil refineries, warehouses and logistics centers that it says fuel the Kremlin’s war machine. Moscow classifies the attacks as terrorism, while Ukraine says they are legitimate acts of self-defense in the war Russia launched with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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