Video: Multiple Ukrainian drone attacks force evacuation in Russian town

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A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire in Toropets, a town situated in the west of Russia's Tver region, causing a partial evacuation, regional authorities said on Wednesday...

Governor Igor Rudenya said emergency services in the town of Toropets were trying to "localise" the blaze caused by falling drone wreckage..

According to a 2018 report by a Russian news agency, Russia was building an arsenal for the storage of missiles, ammunition and explosives in Toropets, a 1,000-year-old town housing just 11,000 people..

Overnight attacks were also reported from western regions of Russia, including Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol and Smolensk..

As many as 54 drones that Ukraine launched were shot down, Russian media agencies reported, citing a report by the Russian defence ministry...

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