Drone attacks cause fire at Russian military facility

Ukrainian troops launched a ground offensive in the Kursk region (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

A drone attack sparked a fire at a military facility in the Volgograd region of southern Russia on Thursday, regional officials and the country’s Ministry of Defence said.

Regional Volgograd governor Andrei Bocharov said on Telegram that a “defence ministry facility” was on fire after being attacked with drones in the area of Marinovka. There were no casualties, he said.