The authorities of this Russian region had warned of a potential drone attack the evening before. Later, local Smolensk social media began reporting explosions heard in the city, with at least ...

On Tuesday, January 21, Ukrainians launched a drone attack on Smolensk, a city roughly 190 miles from the Ukraine border. The governor of the Smolensk region, Vasily Anokhin, confirmed the strike.

MOSCOW, January 29. /TASS/. The Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) operates as normal despite a large-scale drone attack on the region, the facility’s press service said. "We are working as usual.