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Ukraine has unleashed a large overnight volley of drones wreaking havoc on numerous locations in Russia.
Knewz.com has learned that the attacks followed what was dubbed Russia's largest bombardment in four months.
A video posted to social media captures a projectile making a buzzing noise (presumably a drone) while descending onto an already burning building. A loud explosion can be heard shortly after it disappears behind the smoke.
Other footage depicts a particularly hard-hit target, showing a large column of flame and smoke towering high above the surrounding buildings.
Said blaze was reported to be the work of five Ukrainian drones on an oil refinery in Russia's southern Volgorod region.
Reports indicated that as a result of the bombardment, there were two separate fires prompting the local Volgograd and Astrakhan airports to close.
The region’s governor, Andrei Bocharov, weighed in on the attack claiming that the fires were the result of the falling debris after attacking drones were shot down by Russian air defenses.
He acknowledged that an electrical substation was set alight but claimed that there were no deaths or injuries in the attack.
The incursion and the subsequent blaze were part of a 38-drone bombardment affecting the far eastern Belgorod region of Russia, Kursk 91 miles to its north, Voronezh 158 miles from the battlefront, Rostov opposite the Russian-occupied territory of Mariupol, and the Astrakhan region on the banks of the Volga Delta deep inside Russia.
While there has been no indication from the Ukrainian military as to whether this bombardment was connected—it followed what was reported to be Russia’s largest missile attack in four months.
Said incursion, among other targets, struck Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital.
According to reports, heart surgeries were in progress when the projectiles hit, forcing hospital staff to move their operations outdoors.
During the bombardment, it was noted that at least 30 people (including 10 in the capital city of Kyiv) were killed and around 150 more wounded.
Notably, this missile strike by Russia followed a particularly successful drone onslaught by Volodymyr Zelensky’s drone forces a day prior (June 7).
According to a report by CNN News, the defending forces sent a UAV to the Voronezh region. There, it singled out a munitions plant and was able to set fire to the factory forcing the local authorities to declare a state of emergency and evacuate no less than 50 people.
The Kremlin, chagrined by yet another instance of Ukraine’s adept drone handling, released a statement threatening to respond.
Its foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, was quoted saying: “The President said that we will react, and I am convinced that in the foreseeable future you will learn about this.”
He went on to implicate the United States in the attack saying that without its involvement the projectiles would not have “flown anywhere.”
Less than 24 hours later, reports of the strike on the children’s hospital surfaced and according to recent reports, the death toll has risen to 39.
