Ukraine drone attack forces evacuation in Russia's Tver region: Governor

Fourteen more drones were downed over the Bryansk region that borders Ukraine, and several more were destroyed over the regions of Oryol and Tula, the governors of those regions said

 A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire and forced partial evacuation of residents in the town of Toropets in the western part of Russia's Tver region, regional authorities said on Wednesday.
 

Fire fighters were trying to contain the fire, Igor Rudenya, the governor of the region located northwest of Moscow, said in a post on the Telegram messaging channel of the region's administration. He did not say what was burning.
 

According to a RIA state news agency report from 2018, Russia was building an arsenal for the storage of missiles, ammunition and explosives in Toropets, a 1,000-year-old town, which has a population of just over 11,000.
 

 

There was no information about casualties as a result of the Wednesday attack on Tver.
 

Schools and kindergartens were moved online in the Zapadnodvinsky district, which borders the Toropetsky district, the administration of the district said on the social VKontakte network.
 

Russia's air defence units destroyed 54 drones that Ukraine launched overnight targeting five western Russian regions, Russian state news agencies cited a report from the Russian defence ministry.
 

Regional governors reported no damages from those attacks.
 

But the defence ministry report did not mention the Tver region, which borders the Moscow region to its southeast.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
 

Kyiv has previously said its strikes on Russia target military, energy and transport infrastructure key to Moscow's war efforts.

Russian officials rarely disclose the full extent of damage inflicted by Ukrainian attacks.
 

As Ukraine has ramped up its domestic drone production over the past two years, it has increased attacks on Russian territory.

Ukraine's biggest-ever drone attack targeted the Russian capital in September, killing at least one, wrecking homes and disrupting flights at Moscow's airports.