The key facts

  • Three people were killed: a man in the village of Voznesenovka and a married couple in the settlement of Otradovsky
  • Four people were injured in drone detonations in Novaya Tavolzhanka, Kazinka, Striguny and Soldatskoye
  • The day before, four people were injured in a strike on a minibus, including three children

Three killed and four injured in one day

Three civilians of the Belgorod region were killed and four more were injured as a result of drone attacks, the region's operational headquarters reported on its Telegram channel, cited by Gazeta.Ru. In the village of Voznesenovka, a man did not survive an FPV drone strike on a truck. In the settlement of Otradovsky, a drone attack on a passenger car claimed the lives of a married couple.

Wounded in four villages

According to the authorities, in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, a man suffered shrapnel wounds to his arms, legs and back in a drone detonation and was taken to hospital. In the village of Kazinka, another victim was diagnosed with a shrapnel wound to the cheek. In Striguny, a woman was injured in a drone attack on a private house — medics provided assistance on the spot. In Soldatskoye, a man with a shrapnel wound to the face sought medical care at a hospital on his own after a strike on a passenger car.

Children injured the day before

A day earlier, a strike on a minibus in the village of Vvedenskaya Gotnya was reported: four people were injured, including three children. According to the operational headquarters, a 10-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy sustained blind shrapnel wounds to the legs, while a woman and a five-year-old girl were preliminarily diagnosed with acoustic barotrauma. All the victims were referred for examination to medical facilities in Belgorod. It was also previously reported that a student who saved a girl during an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces was awarded a medal.