Russia’s Defense Ministry announced today that Russian air defense systems shot down 125 Ukrainian drones overnight, while an apartment building was hit in the city. Voronezh of western Russia, according to the governor of the region of the same name.

In a separate announcement, the governor of the western region Belgorodo Vyacheslav Gladkovin an account of drone attacks and shelling over the past 24 hours, said one man was killed in the border town Sebekinowhile 8 citizens were injured in the wider area of ​​the region.

As Russian forces advance into eastern Ukraine, Kiev has taken the conflict into Russia, launching a cross-border offensive in the western Russian region of Kursk on August 6 and escalating drone attacks on Russian soil.

The Russian Defense Ministry noted that the recent attacks were concentrated in the southern region Volgogradover which 67 drones were shot down. It also noted that 17 drones were intercepted over Belgorod and Voronezh regions and that it also shot down 18 drones over the region Rostov.

Alexander Gusev, the governor of the Voronezh region, also said in a post on the Telegram application that a falling unmanned aerial vehicle hit an apartment building and caused a fire.

The fire has now been extinguished and there are no injuries, according to initial information, he noted.

The channel Mash Telegram posted video purportedly showing a fire on the top floor of an apartment building in Voronezh. Reuters has so far been unable to verify the credibility of the video.