Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 26, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
A Ukrainian drone attack in Rostov, Russia, caused a fire and evacuations. Russian forces destroyed 10 drones. No injuries reported.
(Reuters) -Debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone sparked a fire on the roof of an apartment building in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, forcing the evacuation of 15 residents, acting Rostov region governor Yuri Slyusar said early on Wednesday.
"Most importantly, no one was injured," Slyusar said on the Telegram messaging app, adding the fire was promptly contained.
Slyusar earlier said that Russian anti-aircraft units destroyed 10 Ukrainian drones over three different parts of the Rostov region.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Kyiv, which has intensified its strikes inside Russia in recent months, has said its attacks are in response to Moscow's continued strikes on Ukraine.
Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia launched with its full-scale invasion on Ukraine in February 2022.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Lidia Kelly; Editing by Chris Reese and Nia Williams)
Debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone sparked a fire on the roof of an apartment building.
The fire forced the evacuation of 15 residents from the affected apartment building.
Russian anti-aircraft units reportedly destroyed 10 Ukrainian drones over three different parts of the Rostov region.
According to the acting governor, no one was injured in the incident.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine, but Kyiv has intensified its strikes inside Russia in recent months.
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