At least 13 people have been wounded, including two children, a top regional official said
Published 8 Aug, 2026 23:02
| Updated 9 Aug, 2026 00:05
FILE PHOTO: A militia member inspects a residential building damaged by a Ukrainian drone in Belgorod, Russia, in 2025. © Anton Vergun / Sputnik
Ukrainian drones struck residential buildings in Belgorod, western Russia, injuring at least 13 people, including two children, acting regional governor Aleksandr Shuvayev said on Sunday.
A four-year-old boy was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds to the chest following “the large-scale attack” on civilians, the governor wrote on Telegram.
Shuvayev said that at least four apartment blocks were damaged, while a private home and two cars caught fire. He added that an administrative building was also targeted, along with “social and commercial sites.”
Belgorod Region, which borders Ukraine, has repeatedly come under drone and missile attacks throughout the conflict.
Videos circulating on Telegram show extensive damage to apartment blocks.
A drone struck near the roof of a high-rise residential complex, damaging several apartments.
Ukraine has stepped up strikes deep inside Russia in recent months, targeting energy facilities and warehouses operated by Wildberries, Russia’s equivalent of Amazon. Kiev has also launched a campaign to cut off supplies to Crimea, hitting civilian trucks and passenger buses in the process.
Russia considers such strikes acts of terrorism and has accused Western countries that supply Ukraine with drone components of enabling indiscriminate attacks on civilians.
