Residents of the small Russian town of Kireevska in Tula region expressed shock and anger on Monday after a suspected Ukrainian drone was shot down over their homes, tearing off roofs and ceilings and putting their lives at risk, Reuters reported.
“It is absolutely outrageous that it fell over a residential area. There is a field just 500 meters from here. They could have smashed it there. Why over our houses? People were hurt,” said 35-year-old Olena, a local resident who, like others, refused give your name
Russian authorities said a drone triggered the explosion in the Russian city of Kireevsk, but did not say where it came from.
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“If the children were at home? They would have been killed. Nobody thought about it. It was allowed. They just don’t care. I have no other explanation.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday it had disabled a Ukrainian drone that veered off course and crashed over Kireevsk, a city of about 25,000 people located 220 km south of Moscow.
A Reuters camera crew saw several houses with tiled or corrugated iron roofs destroyed and windows broken, although the main site of the clash was closed to the media.
Emergency services reported on Sunday that a large crater had formed at the site of the explosion. The state news agency TASS, citing local officials, reported on Sunday that three people were injured, but none seriously.
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“We’re used to seeing things like this on the internet, but now we’ve experienced it on our own skin. Now we know what it is,” said Yuriy Ovchinnikov, who was at home with his wife at the time of the attack. “The whole house shook.”
“I graduated from the aviation academy; specialized in aircraft control systems so I know how it works. I wonder why they didn’t shoot him down? They were caught sleeping. And they have to be honest about it.”
Seventy-year-old Svitlana sobbed, looking at the damage to her own house: “We don’t know what to do. I enter my house – the floor is cracked, the walls are cracked. I’m afraid to go in.”
Kyiv did not respond to a request for comment on the matter. They usually do not comment on reports of attacks inside Russia.
It is reported that 16 buildings, including ten high-rise buildings, were partially damaged, the press service of the regional government reported, TASS reported on Sunday evening.
Source: Hot News
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