A Ukrainian drone attack killed an 85-year-old woman and injured nine people in the Russian city of Kursk near the border with Ukraine, regional authorities said on April 15.
"Kursk has been subjected to a massive enemy attack overnight," the Kursk regional administration said on Telegram.
Several apartments in a multistory residential building caught fire as a result of the drone attack, said acting Mayor Sergei Kotlyarov on Telegram. Residents have been evacuated to a nearby school, he added.
Drones also hit also an ambulance garage, damaging 11 vehicles, the region's administration said.
More than 20 blasts shook the city, according to Russia's Baza and SHOT Telegram channels, which often publish information from sources in the security services and law enforcement.
The reports could not be independently verified. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Both sides deny targeting civilians.
Ukrainian troops staged an incursion into the Kursk region in August, but Russian forces have been successful in recent months in pushing Ukrainian troops back across the border.
The attack on April 15 follows a Russian missile strike that left at least 34 people dead on April 13 in the Ukrainian city of Sumy, capital of the Sumy region, which borders Russia’s Kursk region.
Ukraine's state emergency service said two children were among those killed in the attack, which occurred as Ukrainians marked Palm Sunday. At least 117 others -- including 15 children -- were injured.
Officials from around the world condemned Russia and President Vladimir Putin on April 14.
European officials accused Russia of committing a war crime, while US officials from President Donald Trump to several Republican and Democratic Party lawmakers expressed horror at the death and destruction caused in the second major attack to kill Ukrainian civilians in 10 days.
