Ukraine has launched another drone strike into Russia, days after the two sides agreed to carry out another prisoner exchange in Türkiye’s city of Istanbul. Reports said that a Ukrainian drone struck a passenger train in southern Russia, lightly injuring two people.
The region's Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said in a social media post that drone fragments fell on a train station in the city of Timashevsk early Friday, damaging a passing train. Ukraine has recently intensified its attacks on Russia, particularly using drone warfare methods, which have proven to be an effective method for the depleted Ukrainian reserves to carry out attacks from long distances.
Though these attacks appear to be more symbolic than attacks of real authority, Russian forces are finding it relatively easier to shoot the incoming drones with a series of countermeasures. Following the attack, Russian authorities closed down airports in the northern Caucasus region.
The previous night, Ukrainian drones attacked Sochi, a Black Sea resort that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics, killing two railway employees. Russian authorities have said that Ukrainian agents have particularly attacked civilian infrastructure inside Russia, including the railways across Russia, since 2022. Moscow said Kiev was behind the May bridge bombing in western Russia, which caused a train derailment that killed seven people.
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