War in Ukraine: two dead and 17 injured in drone attack in Russia

Two people were killed and 17 others were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in Voronezh, 500 km south of Moscow, regional governor Alexander Gusev said on Monday.

“As a result of a terrorist attack in Voronezh, two people were unfortunately killed (...) and 17 were injured,” he said in a statement on Telegram, specifying that “more than 70 drones” were shot down over this city during the night from Sunday to Monday, as well as in the morning.

According to Alexandre Goussev, most of the injured were passengers on a commuter train which was damaged when drone debris fell. The attack also caused fires on “a number of industrial companies (without significant damage), a business center in the central part of the city, a residential building,” said the governor.

In this context, several faculties of the State University of Voronezh, a city of more than a million inhabitants, have decided to temporarily switch to distance learning, said a spokesperson for the establishment cited by the official TASS agency.

This attack comes as Russia, which has been leading a large-scale offensive against its Ukrainian neighbor since February 2022, and Ukraine are preparing to relaunch peace negotiations in November under American mediation. Stalled since the start of the year, these direct negotiations, which had already taken place in 2025 without leading to a settlement of the conflict, must be held in Abu Dhabi, according to Moscow.