Air defenses continue to repel massive drone attack on Russia’s Volgograd Region

Russian Politics & Diplomacy August 19, 2025, 3:41

Falling drone debris caused the roof of a hospital to catch fire, Governor Andrey Bocharov said

VOLGOGRAD, August 19. /TASS/. Air defenses are repelling a massive drone attack on Russia’s southern Volgograd region, Governor Andrey Bocharov said.

"The Defense Ministry's air defenses are repelling a massive drone attack on the Volgograd Region," the governor’s press service quoted him as saying.

According to Bocharov, falling drone debris caused the roof of a hospital to catch fire; there were no casualties.

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