Symbolic imageUkrainian drones hit Russian industry as strikes kill civilians on both sides
Russia says it downed 1,297 Ukrainian drones in 24 hours, while Kyiv reports hits on a Togliatti plant and other sites. Russian attacks killed at least four people in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
On Saturday, 24 October, Ukraine said it hit the Togliattikautchuk synthetic rubber plant, the Proton electronics factory in the Oryol region and an aircraft at Yeysk air base. Togliatti's mayor confirmed damage to several industrial sites with no dead or injured, and Ozon said a drone attack on its Omsk logistics centre started a fire after staff were evacuated. A day earlier, a strike on a facility in Oryol killed three people, Governor Andrey Klychkov said. The Russian Defence Ministry reported shooting down 1,297 drones, one SCALP and four Neptune missiles within 24 hours.
Casualties in Russian border regions
A Ukrainian drone strike on Belgorod on Sunday killed one civilian and injured ten, the regional headquarters said, and the mayor reported heavy damage in the city centre. On Saturday, Ukrainian attacks killed one person in the Bryansk region, with four injured, and one in the Belgorod region, with two injured, according to local officials.
Russian attacks in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk
An attack on Kharkiv overnight killed one person and injured four, regional chief Oleh Synehubov said. A Russian drone strike on Synelnykove on Saturday killed three and injured at least eight, Governor Oleksandr Hanja said.
Other opinions
Governor Klychkov and TASS call the Oryol strike a "terrorist attack" on a civilian site with NATO-made missiles, while Kyiv describes its targets, such as the Proton plant, as military-industrial.