Russia — One person has been killed and two injured in strikes on Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, the regional governor said Thursday.
Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram that “the town of Shebekino was targeted by Ukrainian forces” and “unfortunately, one person was killed”.
Two other people were hospitalised with shrapnel wounds, he said, while the airstrikes also damaged an administrative building.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 The enemy has launched another attack on civilian targets in the Belgorod region. – The governor of the Belgorod region
A person was killed and two others were wounded in Shebekino as a result of the shelling.
An administrative building and a social facility were damaged.… pic.twitter.com/Z34pLbFeXS
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Russia’s defence ministry said Thursday it had shot down a drone over the Belgorod region overnight.
Two more drones were shot down over the Bryansk region, which also borders Ukraine, and three others were neutralised over annexed Crimea, the ministry said in a Telegram statement.
The Belgorod region has come under heavy fire, and earlier this month residents were evacuated from several border villages.
Ukrainian forces #attack Russian #border in #Belgorod region.
Ukrainian #army chief says ‘situation on #Pokrovsk front in eastern ##Ukraine is difficult as Russia builds up forces, cuts off supply routes’#TMCNewsAgency pic.twitter.com/UOZDUoh9dM— TMC News Agency (@TMCNewsAgency) August 27, 2024
On Monday authorities in Belgorod said six civilians had been killed in attacks.
Earlier this month, Kyiv’s troops launched a major counter-offensive into the neighbouring Kursk region, two and a half years after the start of the conflict.
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