On Sunday, several Russian regions were subjected to bombing and drone attacks by Ukraine, which resulted in three people being injured and flights being diverted at one of the country's airports, according to officials.

Kiev has intensified its drone attacks on Russian territory since it began a counterattack last June to regain territory controlled by Moscow forces in eastern and southern Ukraine.

The governor of Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said, "On Sunday morning, Ukrainian armed forces bombed the central market area in Shipenko."

He added, "According to preliminary information, three people were injured. A woman was injured by shrapnel in her neck... and two men were injured by shrapnel in the legs."

For his part, the governor of the Bryansk border region reported that the Ukrainian bombing damaged homes in one of the villages and two official administration buildings, without recording any casualties.

To the west of the capital, Russian officials announced that they had shot down five drones in the Smolensk region, and another drone over the coastal Krasnodar region overlooking the Black Sea.

These attacks disrupted shipping traffic in Sochi. The airport authorities of the city overlooking the Black Sea reported, “On the morning of October 1, Sochi Airport imposed temporary restrictions on navigation. Six flights were rerouted to alternative airports.”
Also on Sunday, the bridge linking the Russian mainland to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014, was temporarily closed, without the reasons for this being explained.