Ukrainian drones crash into high-rise apartment building in Southern Russia

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attempted to conduct a drone attack on the Krasnodar region in Southern Russia on February 10 overnight. Debris from one of the drones fell onto a multi-storeyed apartment building. 

The governor of the Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, stated that a Ukrainian drone damaged the Centralny (Central) residential complex. The UAV was shot down over the city, but its debris fell onto a technical structure located on the roof of a 19-story building. The moment of its explosion above the building was captured on video, showing the drone detonating mid-air. Eyewitnesses also filmed drone fragments that had fallen onto the road near the complex.

According to Kondratyev, no one was injured in the incident. He added that law enforcement officers and emergency services are working at the site, and the area where the drone debris fell has been cordoned off. Additionally, all apartments in the high-rise are being inspected for possible damage.

Additionally, overnight on February 10, the AFU attempted to attack Slavyansk-on-Kuban, located 68 kilometers northwest of Krasnodar. Local residents reported at least ten explosions in the sky, with the last four being particularly strong. Witnesses stated that before the explosions, they heard sounds resembling drones flying overhead. Preliminary reports indicate that air defense systems were activated. In one home, windows were shattered.

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Krasnodar Krai is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and is administratively a part of the Southern Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Krasnodar. The third most populous federal subject in Russia, it had a population of 5,838,273 as of the 2021 Census. Krasnodar Krai is formally and informally referred to as Kuban (Russian: Кубань), a term denoting the historical region of Kuban situated between the Sea of Azov and the Kuban River which is predominantly within the krai. It is bordered by Rostov Oblast to the north, Stavropol Krai to the east, Karachay-Cherkessia to the south-east. Adygea is an enclave entirely within the krai. Krasnodar Krai shares an international border with Georgia and the partially-recognized republic of Abkhazia to the south, and borders annexed Crimea to the west, across the Kerch Strait.