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Woman killed in Ukrainian drone raid – Kursk governor (VIDEO)
A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Kursk has killed a 45-year-old woman and left 12 people injured, acting governor Aleksandr Khinshtein has said. In a statement on Friday, Khinshtein said the overnight attack – which he described as 'an inhuman crime by Ukrainian Nazis' – hit an apartment block, which sustained 'serious damage.' He added that a fire had broken out on the four upper floors, which has since been extinguished, and that the blast wave had shattered windows in nearby buildings and a school. According to Khinshtein, the casualties included a 15-year-old. Nine people were hospitalized and three are receiving outpatient treatment, he added. The building's residents have been temporarily relocated to a nearby school, Khinshtein said, noting that authorities will provide them with sleeping accommodation, essential supplies, and food. Experts will assess the extent of damage to the building and whether it can be repaired, he said. Footage circulating on social media showed a large blaze in the yard near the building, with several cars on fire. A fire was also visible on the upper floors of the structure. Later videos from the scene depicted balconies and exterior walls badly damaged, and nearby streets littered with debris from the blast. Officials in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don also reported a Ukrainian drone strikes on apartment buildings, which injured at least 15 people, including two children. Ukraine routinely launches drone attacks deep into Russia, which often target residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. Border areas, including Kursk Region, have been particularly heavily impacted by drone raids and artillery shelling.
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Woman killed in Ukrainian drone raid on Kursk – governor (VIDEO)
A Ukrainian drone attack on Kursk has killed a 45-year-old woman and left 12 people injured, acting governor Aleksandr Khinshtein has said. In a statement on Friday, Khinshtein said the attack – which he described as 'an inhuman crime by Ukrainian Nazis' – hit an apartment block, which sustained 'serious damage.' He added that a fire had broken out on the four upper floors, which has since been extinguished, and that the blast wave had shattered windows in nearby buildings and a school. According to Khinshtein, the casualties included a 15-year-old. Nine people were hospitalized and three are receiving outpatient treatment, he added. The building's residents have been temporarily relocated to a nearby school, Khinshtein said, noting that authorities will provide them with sleeping accommodation, essential supplies, and food. Experts will assess the extent of damage to the building and whether it can be repaired, he said. Footage circulating on social media showed a large blaze in the yard near the building, with several cars on fire. A fire was also visible on the upper floors of the structure. Later videos from the scene depicted balconies and exterior walls badly damaged, and nearby streets littered with debris from the blast. Ukraine routinely launches drone attacks deep into Russia, which often target residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. Border areas, including Kursk Region, have been particularly heavily impacted by drone raids and artillery shelling.
Russia Today
09-07-2025
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Child dies from wounds received in Ukrainian drone attack
A five-year-old boy has died from wounds he suffered in a Ukrainian drone strike on a public beach in the city of Kursk, interim regional governor Aleksandr Khinshtein said. The boy died while being transferred to Moscow for treatment, Khinstein reported in a Telegram post on Wednesday. The governor expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased child and promised to provide them with all necessary support. 'Medics did everything they could to save him, but the injuries were too severe: the child had burns on more than 30% of his body – this is extremely, extremely high for a small person,' Khinstein wrote. The fatality brings the death toll from the beach attack to four. At least nine civilians received shrapnel wounds and burns in the strike. A Ukrainian drone struck the public beach on Tuesday as people gathered to celebrate the Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity, a holiday celebrated on July 8, according to the governor. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the strike, while criticizing the countries that provide military aid to Ukraine. 'Those supplying weapons to the Kiev regime should understand that they are being used to kill children,' she stated. Kursk Region has become one of the prime targets for Ukrainian drone, artillery, and missile strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev. The region also endured a major invasion that was launched last August, when dozens of villages and the border town of Sudzha were seized by Ukrainian troops. After finally fully liberating the region in April, Russian authorities found evidence of widespread atrocities committed against the local population.
Russia Today
17-06-2025
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Two civilians dead in Ukrainian strikes on Russian border region
Two elderly people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the village of Zvannoe in Kursk Region, western Russia, Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein said on Tuesday. The victims were identified as a woman, 59, and a man, 69, Khinshtein said on Telegram, expressing condolences to their families. At least four homes and a local school were damaged in the attack, he added. The governor denounced the strike as 'barbarian' and branded the Ukrainian military behind it 'cruel and merciless.' He also urged the region's residents to avoid travelling to areas bordering Ukraine because of 'very high' security risks. Zvannoe is located less than 20 kilometers from Ukraine. Ukraine launched a large-scale incursion into the region last August, in what Kiev officials hyped as a blow to Russia. However, Russian forces quickly turned the tide, and by the time the Ukrainians were fully expelled in late April, the Defense Ministry in Moscow estimated that Kiev had sustained more than 76,000 casualties in the operation. Ukraine has regularly launched cross-border drone, artillery, and missile strikes targeting Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions, since the escalation of the conflict in February 2022. In recent weeks, Ukraine has significantly ramped up drone attacks targeting Russian territory, both border regions and more distant targets, including Moscow. Russia has accused Kiev of 'terrorist' attacks on the country's railway infrastructure, which have led to civilian fatalities. According to the Kremlin, the indiscriminate raids are intended to derail direct bilateral talks that resumed between Moscow and Kiev in Istanbul in May. Earlier on Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported intercepting almost 150 Ukrainian drones overnight that targeted a dozen Russian regions. Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large, reported on the same day that nearly 70 civilians, including 14 children, were casualties of Kiev's FPV drone strikes over the past week.
Russia Today
22-05-2025
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Putin visits Kursk Region for first time since full liberation from Ukrainian forces
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Kursk Region for the first time since its full liberation from Ukrainian forces, the Kremlin has said. In late April, Putin announced the full liberation of the border areas of Kursk Region, which had been seized by Kiev's troops after they launched an incursion last August. During his tour of the region on Tuesday, the Russian leader visited the construction site of the new Kursk 2 nuclear power plant in the city of Kurchatov. He also held a meeting with Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein, as well as the heads of local municipalities and volunteers who have been helping those affected by the incursion, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Putin thanked the volunteers for 'the noble, important and… unfortunately, dangerous' work that they had been doing. 'You and I are a team, and the whole country today is one united team. And this is the unquestionable success of all our endeavors. This is a necessary condition for achieving all our goals,' he stressed. The president said that the situation in Kursk Region remains 'difficult' even after its full liberation, as Ukrainian forces continue their attempts to move towards the Russian border. Putin has also ordered an increase in the number of mine clearance specialists working in Kursk Region so that people can return home as soon as possible. Payments to residents who lost their property during the incursion will continue, while state funds will also be allocated to repair damaged residential buildings in the region, he said. According to Putin, a museum will be set up in Kursk Region dedicated to the efforts to repel the incursion.
