Video: Multiple Ukrainian drone attacks force evacuation in Russian town

A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire in Toropets, a town situated in the west of Russia’s Tver region, causing a partial evacuation, regional authorities said on Wednesday.
Governor Igor Rudenya said emergency services in the town of Toropets were trying to “localise” the blaze caused by falling drone wreckage. However, no information about casualties is currently available.
A video showed multiple drones hitting a military site in Toropets, causing a massive explosion. Thick smoke could be seen billowing from the attack site.

According to a 2018 report by a Russian news agency, Russia was building an arsenal for the storage of missiles, ammunition and explosives in Toropets, a 1,000-year-old town housing just 11,000 people. Schools and kindergartens were ordered shut and moved online on Wednesday in Zapadnodvinsky, which borders the Toropets area, the administration of the district reported.
Overnight attacks were also reported from western regions of Russia, including Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol and Smolensk. As many as 54 drones that Ukraine launched were shot down, Russian media agencies reported, citing a report by the Russian defence ministry.
One of Ukraine’s biggest drone attacks on Moscow came in September, killing at least one person, damaging houses and disrupting flights at Moscow’s airports.
Kyiv had earlier said that it strikes Russia’s military, energy and transport infrastructures, which are key to the country’s war efforts. Notably, both countries have been engaging in attacks ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.