3 wounded as drone hits residential building in southwestern Russia near Ukraine

By JAMEY KEATEN and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA
Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three people were lightly wounded after a drone crashed into a residential building in southwestern Russia near Ukraine, a regional governor said, exposing the latest vulnerabilities in the country’s air defense systems as President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine increasingly affects Russian soil. The latest drone attack to target Russian cities in recent weeks comes as Ukraine has been intensifying its efforts to expel Russian forces and there is rising talk of a Ukrainian counteroffensive in pockets of a vast swath of southern and eastern Ukraine that Russia invaded more than 15 months ago. Meanwhile, efforts to cope with flooding from a dam breach in southern Ukraine have continued, amid signs water levels are declining.