Ukrainian drones targeted a police barracks in the southern Russian region of Chechnya overnight, the regional head said Thursday, the second attack on the site this month.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said a drone was “shot done” (sic) over the building in the regional capital Grozny at 12:55 am (2155 GMT Wednesday) on Thursday, with four guards receiving light wounds from the falling debris.
“The drone exploded in the air, damaged the roof and broke the windows. The fragments caused a small fire which was quickly extinguished,” Kadyrov said in a post on Telegram.
The building belongs to a police special forces unit named after Akhmad Kadyrov, the current leader’s late father, whose troops have fought in Ukraine.
It was the second attack on the facility this month.
Kadyrov, a loyal supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has sent thousands of Chechen troops to support Moscow’s offensive on Ukraine.
The Russian defense ministry said it shot down 16 Ukrainian drones overnight, including one over Chechnya, three in the neighboring region of North Ossetia and eight over the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.
