The key facts

  • A man with acoustic barotrauma was released home after an examination
  • A passenger bus was attacked — the fire was extinguished, no casualties reported
  • Damage recorded in Rzhevka, Gora-Podol, Grayvoron, Ivanovskaya Lisitsa, Urazovo and Beryozovka

Casualty and attacks in Shebekino

A resident of Shebekino in the Belgorod region suffered an acoustic barotrauma as a result of the detonation of an FPV drone, the regional operational headquarters reported (based on Life.ru). The man was taken to City Hospital No. 2 in Belgorod, where, after an examination and the necessary procedures, doctors allowed him to continue his recovery at home.

Other incidents in the city and the region

According to the same report, in Shebekino a drone attacked a passenger bus: the vehicle caught fire, but firefighters extinguished the blaze; no casualties were reported in this incident. Another FPV drone detonated on the grounds of a private household, damaging an outbuilding.

Damage in other localities

The attacks also affected other districts of the region: in the village of Rzhevka in the Shebekino district, a truck was damaged; in the village of Gora-Podol in the Grayvoron district, a garage caught fire after a drone explosion — the fire was put out. Damage to residential and outbuildings was also recorded in Grayvoron, Ivanovskaya Lisitsa, Urazovo and Beryozovka.

Context of previous reports

Earlier, Life.ru reported, citing the regional operational headquarters, that the detonation of an munition in Shebekino damaged ten apartment buildings, as well as a social facility, a commercial facility, a private house, a power line and an infrastructure facility; the city also saw damage from drone attacks. Thus, the report about the injured man and the bus attack adds to the picture of the consequences for the city, but the publications do not provide final figures on the number of casualties during the period of attacks.

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