Leningrad governor promises compensation for drone attack damage

Residents of Leningrad region will receive compensation for property lost or damaged in the drone attack from district and governor's reserve funds, Alexander Drozdenko said.

The governor said an existing decree provides for compensation covering damage, including broken windows and repairs. Vsevolozhsky district has already begun replacing windows at Razmetelevo school using reserve funding.

Eight families were evacuated from an apartment block entrance in Vsevolozhsk after a large fragment struck a flat and a fire broke out. A mother and three children who inhaled carbon monoxide are in hospital. Drozdenko said their condition was stable, their lives were not in danger and they were expected to be discharged soon.

Backup power sources are operating in Yanino, while two thirds of residents have been connected to the permanent supply system. The boiler house has restarted, and the governor said heating should return to homes soon. He reported minor damage at Vostochnaya substation but said its transformers and main equipment were working.

Fragments damaged four holiday homes in Kirovsky district, with no injuries reported there. In Novoselye and Nizino, preliminary figures indicated damage to more than 50 cars and broken windows in homes. A fragment also severed a boiler-house pipe in Nizino.

A flat in a multi-storey building was damaged in Gatchina district and its entrance section evacuated. There were no injuries, and residents are expected to return after the building is inspected.

Transformer equipment and a warehouse complex were damaged at VK's data centre. The governor said the company was already dealing with the aftermath.