Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 17, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
A Ukrainian drone attack injured a railway worker in Voronezh, Russia, causing train delays. Russia claims to have downed 46 drones overnight.
(Reuters) -A railway employee was injured and a power line damaged by a Ukrainian drone attack at a station in Russia's Voronezh region, the regional governor said on Sunday.
"According to preliminary information, a railway station track technician was injured in one of the municipalities," Alexander Gusev said of the overnight attack on the Telegram messaging app. "He has been hospitalised."
Gusev said the attack caused train delays, but by Sunday morning trains were running back on schedule.
The Russian defence ministry, which reports only how many drones its units destroy not how many Ukraine launches, said on the Telegram messaging app that nine drones were downed over the Voronezh region in Russia's southwest.
In total, the ministry said, its defence systems destroyed 46 Ukrainian drones overnight, all of them in regions west of Moscow.
Reuters could not independently verify the Russian reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Kyiv says that its strikes inside Russia are in answer to Moscow's continued attacks on Ukraine and are aimed at destroying infrastructure key to Russia's war efforts.
The reports of the attacks came after a summit between the U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin yielded no agreement on ending Russia's war in Ukraine. Trump said on Saturday that Kyiv should make a deal with Moscow to end the war because "Russia is a very big power, and they're not."
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by William Mallard and Sonali Paul)
A drone attack involves the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to strike targets, often used in military operations to target specific locations or individuals.
A railway worker is an employee involved in the operation, maintenance, and management of railway systems, ensuring safe and efficient transportation of goods and passengers.
Military response refers to the actions taken by a nation's armed forces in reaction to a threat or attack, often involving strategic planning and deployment of resources.
Infrastructure refers to the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, including transportation, communication, sewage, water, and electric systems.
A power line is a conductor or cable used to transmit electricity from power plants to consumers, playing a crucial role in electrical distribution systems.
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