125 Ukrainian drones reported in attack sparking fires across Russia, Moscow officials say 

KYIV — 

More than 100 Ukrainian drones were changeable down implicit Russia Sunday, officials said, sparking a wildfire and mounting an flat artifact alight successful 1 of the largest barrages seen implicit Russian skies since Moscow invaded Ukraine successful February 2022.

Russia's Ministry of Defense reported that it had changeable down 125 drones overnight crossed 7 regions. The southwestern portion of Volgograd came nether peculiarly dense fire, with 67 Ukrainian drones reportedly downed by Russian aerial defenses.

Seventeen drones were besides seen implicit Russia's Voronezh region, wherever falling debris damaged an flat artifact and a backstage home, said section politician Aleksandr Gusev. Images connected societal media showed flames rising from the windows of the apical level of a high-rise building. No casualties were reported.

A further 18 drones were reported implicit Russia's Rostov region, wherever falling debris sparked a wildfire, said Gov. Vasily Golubev.

He said that the occurrence did not airs a menace to populated areas, but that exigency services were warring to extinguish the blaze, which had engulfed 20 hectares (49.4 acres) of forest.

Meanwhile, 13 civilians were injured successful an overnight barrage connected the confederate Ukrainian metropolis of Zaporizhzhia Sunday aft Ukrainian subject leaders warned that Moscow could beryllium preparing for a caller subject violative successful the country's south.

The metropolis was targeted by Russian usher bombs successful 10 abstracted attacks that damaged a high-rise gathering and respective residential homes, determination politician Ivan Fedorov wrote connected his authoritative Telegram channel. More radical could inactive beryllium trapped beneath the rubble, helium said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy besides said that the Zaporizhzhia onslaught had damaged the city's transport links. "Today, Russia struck Zaporizhzhia with aerial bombs. Ordinary residential buildings were damaged and the entranceway of 1 gathering was destroyed. The city's infrastructure and railway were besides damaged," Zelenskyy said successful a station connected X, formerly Twitter.

"In total, 13 radical were injured, and 2 were rescued from nether the rubble. I convey each the exigency services for their accelerated effect and providing indispensable assistance. The rubble clearing is inactive ongoing."

The attacks travel aft the Ukrainian subject warned Saturday that Russian forces whitethorn beryllium preparing for violative operations successful the wider Zaporizhzhia region. Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for Ukraine's confederate subject command, said that Russia was amassing unit successful this direction.

Ukraine's aerial unit besides reported that 22 Russian drones were launched implicit the state overnight. It said that 15 were changeable down successful Ukraine's Sumy, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions, and that 5 much were destroyed utilizing physics defenses. The destiny of the remaining 2 drones was not specified.