The key facts

  • Five civilians injured in the Belgorod region, two women in serious condition
  • Injuries reported in the Grayvoron and Shebekino districts
  • Houses and outbuildings damaged; fires in Shebekino, Novaya Tavolzhanka and Glotovo

Five injured as a result of drone attacks

Five civilians were injured as a result of a series of drone attacks in the Belgorod region, the regional operational headquarters reported. The most severe injuries were sustained by two women in the village of Novostroyevka-Pervaya in the Grayvoron district: one suffered shrapnel wounds to the hand, thigh and shin, while the other sustained injuries to the skull and eye. All the injured have been taken to medical facilities.

Injuries in the Shebekino district

Civilians were also injured in the Shebekino district. In the village of Rzhevka, a man received shrapnel wounds to the chest and buttock area after a drone struck a minibus; in the village of Arkhangelskoye, a man who was inside a car was wounded. In addition, in the village of Nizhneye Beryozovo-Vtoroye, a woman suffered a barotrauma as a result of a drone detonation.

Destruction and fires

The scale of damage to infrastructure and property remains significant: private houses, outbuildings, garages and fences have been damaged or completely destroyed. In a number of settlements, including Shebekino, Novaya Tavolzhanka and Glotovo, fires have been reported in residential buildings, commercial facilities and gas pipes.

Context: drones downed in other regions

According to the same publication, on the night of November 4, air defense forces shot down ten drones over the Ryazan region, and earlier in the night dozens of Ukrainian drones were destroyed in the Tula region. These reports concern other regions and are not directly related to the victims in the Belgorod region.