Governor: one killed, two injured in Russia’s Kursk region in day of attacks
In short
Kursk region governor Alexander Khinshtein said one person was killed and two injured over the previous 24 hours of Ukrainian attacks on the region, with a 64-year-old man killed in the village of Zvannoye. The governor also said 217 drones were shot down over the region since 9am on 4 October and an energy facility in Oktyabrsky district was damaged, briefly cutting power to five settlements. State agency TASS reported the same casualty toll without naming locations.
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One person was killed and two injured in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours because of Ukrainian attacks, the state news agency TASS reported and regional governor Alexander Khinshtein said, according to Interfax. The governor’s figures covered the period from 9am on 4 October; TASS did not name the locations of the casualties. [ 1 , 2 ]
Khinshtein said 217 drones had been shot down over the region during that period, Interfax reported. He also said artillery struck evacuated districts 85 times and that explosive devices were dropped from drones 20 times. [ 2 ]
The governor said a 64-year-old man was killed in the village of Zvannoye in Glushkovsky district. A 71-year-old man was injured in the village of Maloye Soldatskoye in Belovsky district, and a 68-year-old woman in the village of Viktorovka in Rylsky district, he said. [ 2 ]
In Oktyabrsky district, an energy facility was damaged and electricity supply was partially disrupted in five settlements — 674 houses and 2,388 people, the governor said. Supply was fully restored in the evening of 4 October, he added. [ 2 ]
Khinshtein also reported damage to housing: a house was damaged in the village of Nizhny Mordok in Glushkovsky district and two houses in the village of Shchekino and the village of Viktorovka in Rylsky district. In the settlement of Rulitino in Belovsky district, a roof and the facade of a house were damaged; a car was destroyed in the village of Ilek and a tractor was damaged in the village of Peschanoye. [ 2 ]
The two outlets gave the same overall casualty toll, but only Interfax carried the governor’s village-by-village detail, the strike counts and the damage list. TASS’s report was limited to the number of dead and injured. Neither document says whether attacks continued after the period described. [ 1 , 2 ]
Why it matters
The casualty and damage reports come from a Russian border region that has been repeatedly hit, and they describe effects on ordinary residents — deaths, injuries, damaged homes and disrupted power supplies. Because the detailed account rests on the regional governor and is carried by a single outlet, outside readers should treat the strike counts as official figures rather than independently verified ones.
Key facts
- Kursk region governor Alexander Khinshtein said one person was killed and others injured in the region over the previous 24 hours, since 9am on 4 October. [ 1 , 2 ]
- A 64-year-old man was killed in the village of Zvannoye in Glushkovsky district, the governor said. [ 2 ]
- A 71-year-old man was injured in the village of Maloye Soldatskoye in Belovsky district and a 68-year-old woman in the village of Viktorovka in Rylsky district, according to the governor. [ 2 ]
- Khinshtein said 217 drones were shot down over the region over the past 24 hours. [ 2 ]
- According to the governor, artillery struck evacuated districts 85 times and explosive devices were dropped from drones 20 times. [ 2 ]
- An energy facility in Oktyabrsky district was damaged and electricity supply was partially disrupted in five settlements, affecting 674 houses and 2,388 people, before being fully restored in the evening of 4 October, the governor said. [ 2 ]
- Houses were damaged in several villages, a car was destroyed in the village of Ilek and a tractor was damaged in the village of Peschanoye, according to the governor. [ 2 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- Whether the drone and artillery counts given by the governor have been independently verified. The figure of 217 downed drones, 85 artillery strikes and 20 drone-dropped explosives comes only from the regional governor as reported by Interfax; TASS gives no such numbers and no other outlet in the documents corroborates them.
- The full extent of casualties and damage in the region. TASS gives only a total of one killed and two injured without locations, and Interfax lists the locations the governor mentioned; the documents do not say whether other incidents occurred.
- Whether attacks continued after the reporting period. Both documents describe the situation over the previous 24 hours and neither says what happened afterwards.
- The casualty and damage figures were provided by the regional governor, Alexander Khinshtein. Reported by a single source so far
- An energy facility was damaged and power supply was partially disrupted before being restored, the governor said. Reported by a single source so far
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- Start of the 24-hour period, 9am on 4 October, from which the governor counted 217 drones shot down over the Kursk region. [ 2 ]
- TASS reports that one person was killed and two injured in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours from Ukrainian strikes. [ 1 ]
- Interfax publishes the Kursk governor’s account of casualties, downed drones, shelling and damage. [ 2 ]