VOLGOGRAD, October 9. /TASS/. Air defense forces are repelling a large-scale drone attack in the Volgograd Region, with falling UAV debris damaging a boiler room and sparking fires at fuel and energy facilities, regional governor Andrey Bocharov reported.

"In the Kotovsky district, debris from a UAV partially damaged a boiler room building. Fires also broke out on the territory of fuel and energy facilities," Bocharov said in a statement posted on the regional administration’s Telegram channel.