Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Yaroslavl region kills child, governor says


MOSCOW, March 28 - ⁠A Ukrainian drone attack in ⁠Russia's Yaroslavl region north-east of Moscow ‌killed a child and injured three people, while causing damage to several residential buildings and "a ​retail object", the local ⁠governor said on ⁠Saturday.

"A child who was in one of ⁠the ‌private houses in the suburbandistrict of Yaroslavl region at ⁠the time of the attack has died," ​the ‌governor, Mikhail Evraev, said on his ⁠Telegram channel.

"His ​parents have been hospitalised in a serious condition. A woman living in ⁠a neighbouring house was also ​injured. They are receiving all necessary medical care," he added.

He said Russian air ⁠defence units had repelled more than 30 Ukrainian drones during the attack.

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday ​that a total of ⁠155 Ukrainian drones had been repelled and ​destroyed overnight over ‌a number of Russian ​regions, including the Moscow region.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Jan Harvey)

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