Drone debris damages homes, cars and transformer substations in Leningrad region

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Governor of Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko announced that 144 drones were shot down during an attack on the region.

In Gatchina, debris from a drone fell on a residential apartment building. In the Lomonosov district, in the village of Novoselye, 55 parked cars were damaged. According to the governor, there were no casualties in these two areas.

Meanwhile, in Vsevolozhsk district, a fire broke out after drone debris fell on a residential building. Four people — a woman and three children — were taken to hospital. All of them were diagnosed with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, which formed during the fire.

Emergency power outages also affected parts of the region. At the time of publication, two transformer substations in Yanino remained without power. About 50 apartment buildings, home to around 20,000 people, were without electricity. Specialists were carrying out repair work.

In addition, in Kirovsky district, drone debris caused fires in two houses in the non-profit garden associations "Temp" and "Voskhod-2". According to the governor, no one was injured in this incident.