VORONEZH. July 15 (Interfax) - The number of people seeking treatment after an overnight drone attack on the Voronezh region has risen, regional governor Alexander Gusev said on Tuesday.
"According to the latest data, 27 people requested medical help during the day," Gusev said on Telegram on Tuesday. "Of them, 14 (including four children) were hospitalized, the rest received outpatient treatment. Two of those injured in Voronezh remain in critical condition," Gusev said.
Earlier he said that 23 had been injured in the region, including 22 in the city of Voronezh.
He also said how many people had been placed in temporary accommodation centers after damage caused to their houses by drones.
"Despite a number of tower blocks and houses having been variously damaged, today only three families (six people) needed placing in temporary accommodation centers. They will be given rooms at sanatoria in the city center. Other residents refused from temporary accommodation centers, having decided to stay at their relatives' until repairs and restoration work have been completed," Gusev said.
Voronezh Mayor Sergei Petrin described the damage detected in the city after drone attacks.
"According to the latest information, just over 100 flats, seven houses and one auxiliary structure have sustained varying degrees of damage. One more house has reportedly been damaged, specialists travelled to the site. Also, 14 cars are now known to have been damaged. Efforts to appraise it will continue," Petrin said on Telegram.
It was reported that the regional center declared an emergency in the aftermath of the drone attack.
Russia's Investigative Committee has launched a criminal inquiry into Ukrainian drone attacks on civilian facilities in the region on terrorism charges.
The Russian military destroyed 12 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Voronezh region, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday morning. The drones were destroyed in the skies over the Voronezh city and three districts in the region, its governor said.