A state of emergency has been declared in the Russian city of Voronezh after Ukraine reportedly launched an overnight drone attack that damaged several buildings and wounded a child.

Mayor Vadim Kstenin said that some residents had been evacuated from their homes after debris sparked small fires and windows were shattered, adding: “The introduced state of emergency in the city will ... allow for a prompt implementation of measures to replace them.”

The governor of the region, Alexander Gusev, said that a girl was injured when drone debris fell onto her apartment building.

The Russian defence ministry said it had destroyed five drones and intercepted three others overnight over the Voronezh region, and also intercepted four drones in the nearby Russian Belgorod region.

Voronezh, a city home to more than one million people, lies some 250 kilometres from the border with Ukraine and has a nearby air base where some Sukhoi Su-34s bombers are based. Russia often deploys the fighter-bomber aircraft during air strikes on Ukraine.

There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Kyiv has intensified its air attacks in recent months in what it says are strikes targeting Russian military infrastructure to undermine Moscow’s war efforts.

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