Vladimir Rogov, the local official appointed by Russia in the Zaporizhzhia region, said on Sunday that two Ukrainian drones attacked a polling center in the Russian-controlled part of the Zaporizhzhia region in Ukraine.
Rogov added that the attack caused the building to catch fire but did not result in any injuries, according to Reuters.
The Russian presidential elections entered their third and final day on Sunday, with polling stations closing yesterday, Saturday, with a voter turnout exceeding 58%, despite attempts to disrupt the voting with Ukrainian military attacks on some areas, according to Al-Qahira Al-Akhbariya.
The Central Election Commission in the Russian Federation announced that voter turnout had reached 60% at the beginning of its third day.
Ukrainian drones targeted a small Russian petrochemical plant near Moscow in the latest of a series of intensified attacks on oil facilities in the country.
Russian air defence forces downed four Ukrainian drones on Friday evening in the Dzerzhinsky region near Kaluga, according to the region’s governor, Vladislav Shapsha.
The governor explained in a post on the Telegram platform that “there were no casualties or infrastructure damage” as a result of the attack.
On Thursday, the Ukrainian Armed Forces targeted a vital infrastructure facility at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
An explosive device was reportedly dropped within five meters of a fuel storage facility.
The press service detailed, “The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their assaults on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and the city of Enerhodar, with infrastructure at the plant being shelled.
An unexploded ordnance was dropped near the fence area behind which diesel fuel tanks are located. Had the tanks been hit, the consequences could have been severe.”
