KURSK, November 17. /TASS/. Narodnaya Gazeta (People’s Newspaper) editor-in-chief Yulia Kuznetsova died after a Ukrainian drone attack on her car in the Kursk border region, the region’s governor, Alexey Smirnov, said.

“Today, the editor-in-chief of the local magazine Narodanaya Gazeta Iulia Kuznetsova died as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on her car. She carried the editorial archives and planned to publish a new publication about the situation in the region. “, he wrote on his Telegram channel.

Apart from that, he said, a newspaper employee and a policeman received injuries.

The Kursk region on the Russian border came under a massive attack from Ukraine on August 6. A federal state of emergency is in effect in the region. People are being evacuated from border areas.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Kiev’s total losses in the Kursk region amount to more than 33,200 soldiers and 213 tanks. Russian forces continue operations to eliminate Ukrainian troops.