Ukrainian Attacks Wound 6, Cause Factory Fire in Russian Border Regions, Governors Say

Published on July 16, 2024

Ukrainian attacks triggered a fire at a factory producing electrical devices and wounded at least six people in Russian areas bordering Ukraine overnight, local governors said on Tuesday. A drone attack on a factory in the town of Korenevo in Russia’s Kursk region caused the fire which was extinguished by morning and no one was harmed. One person was injured when a drone dropped an explosive device on a house elsewhere in the region, interim governor Alexei Smirnov said. Images published on his Telegram channel showed the factory’s roof engulfed in flames against the night sky. The interior was reduced to charred wreckage....

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