Drone Attack Sets Facility Ablaze in Russia’s Tver Region

A bevy of drones struck a facility in Russia’s western Tver region, causing an enormous conflagration and forcing residents to evacuate, local officials have said. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility. On the morning of Sept. 18, Russia’s TASS news agency reported that air defenses were “still repelling a massive drone attack in the skies over Toropets in the Tver region.” With a population of roughly 11,000, Toropets is an ancient town in western Tver. It is located 240 miles northwest of Moscow and 300 miles from the border with Ukraine. While not technically a border region, Tver’s westernmost point sits close to Russia’s border with Belarus, Moscow’s primary ally in Eastern Europe....