April 25, 2026

Ukrainian drone crashes into residential building in Yekaterinburg for the first time, with casualties. The building is located near Putin's envoy's residence and a military factory

On the morning of April 25, a Ukrainian drone crashed into a residential building in Yekaterinburg, which is 2000 km from the front line. According to the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Denis Pasler, six people were injured, mainly suffering from smoke inhalation, and one woman was hospitalized. Residents of the affected building were evacuated. According to "Mediazona" and E1, the "Trinity" residential complex on Khokhryakov Street was damaged. The drone hit floors 25-30. Local residents woke up around 7:15 am from a loud noise. 🔵 This is the first UAV strike on Yekaterinburg since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine. The city is almost 2000 km from the front line, "Ekho" writes. 🔵 It is unknown whether the residential complex was targeted deliberately, ASTRA writes. There was no warning of a UAV threat from the authorities, readers reported. 🔵 Three kilometers from the damaged residential complex in Yekaterinburg is the "Vector" military factory, which specializes in military communication equipment. This is reported by ASTRA and Michael Naki. "Thanks again to Yandex, which made searching for military targets 1000 times easier by blurring all military objects," Naki wrote. The distance from the residential complex to the "Vector" factory. The direction of the attack is indicated by an arrow. Photo: Michael Naki. "Vector" fulfills defense orders and has a license for servicing weapons and military equipment. It produces radar and radionavigation equipment. It is part of the "Almaz-Antey" concern and is under US and Ukrainian sanctions. 🔵 700 meters from the impact site is the residence of Putin's envoy to the Urals Federal District, notes journalist Dmitry Kolesev. This post is currently held by Artem Zhoga, a prominent participant in the war in Ukraine. ➡️ As "Novaya-Evropa" previously calculated, since the start of the war, there have been 36,000 military incidents on the territory of the Russian Federation and occupied Crimea. 78% of them were UAV attacks or air defense activity. Missile strikes and artillery account for another 13%. Military actions have affected at least 60 regions of the country. The map shows that drones have been shot down over the Sverdlovsk region at least twice before – in October and November 2025. However, there were no reports of consequences on the ground at the time.