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Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s Belgorod Region have resulted in multiple civilian injuries, according to reports from the region’s emergency response headquarters and crisis response center, as carried by TASS. The incidents, spanning late July through early August, have affected several municipalities, damaging residential buildings, cars, and infrastructure.

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TASS has reported a series of separate incidents involving Ukrainian drones in the Belgorod Region, each with varying casualty figures and locations. On August 7, a drone struck an enterprise in the community of Belyanka in the Shebekino district, injuring eight civilians, according to the regional operational headquarters. Seven men suffered shrapnel wounds, while a woman sustained blast-related trauma and was released for outpatient treatment, the statement said. The explosion also caused a fire in the workshop building.

The same day, TASS reported another incident in the Bondarenkov farmstead in the Shebekinsky district, where a man was injured in a drone explosion. According to the region’s emergency response center, the man sustained multiple shrapnel wounds to the head and body and was taken to the Shebekinsky Central District Hospital. In the Shebekinsky district, an FPV drone attack caused a fire in an apartment of a residential compound, and other drone explosions damaged private homes and cars. In the Krasnoyaruzhsky district, an outbuilding burned down, and agricultural equipment was destroyed in the Valuisky district, while a car burned down in the Graivoronsky district.

On August 7, TASS also reported that Ukrainian forces struck several settlements, leaving five civilians injured, according to the regional emergency response center. A woman and a man sustained shrapnel wounds after a strike hit a commercial facility during a missile attack on the Valuysky municipal district. A Ukrainian drone struck a vehicle in the Belgorod municipal district, wounding a man, and another man sustained acoustic trauma and abrasions after a drone hit a vehicle in the Yakovlevsky municipal district. The attacks also damaged a garage and a vehicle in the Rakityansky municipal district, as well as a private house, a vehicle, and an infrastructure facility in the Belgorod municipal district.

Earlier, on August 5, TASS reported that drone strikes on several municipalities left seven civilians wounded, according to the region’s crisis response center. Two men were wounded in the Grayvoron municipality, both with multiple fragmentation wounds, and one also sustained an open fracture. Two more men were wounded in the Rakitnoye municipality during an attack on a commercial facility, and a man and a woman were wounded in the settlement of Proletarsky. Another civilian was wounded in the Shebekino municipality. The crisis response center also reported that multiple cars were damaged and residential buildings and social infrastructure were slightly affected.

On August 3, TASS reported that a Ukrainian drone struck a car in the settlement of Oktyabrsky, killing a woman and wounding two others, according to the regional emergency center. The man and woman were transported to the regional clinical hospital, with doctors assessing the man’s condition as serious.

On August 1, TASS reported that four civilians were injured in the Belgorod Region, according to the emergency headquarters. A woman was wounded when a drone hit a private house, and another man with a shrapnel wound to his forearm applied to the Grayvoronsky hospital. Another drone attacked a car, injuring a man and a woman with shrapnel.

On July 28, TASS reported that a Ukrainian drone struck an enterprise in the community of Belyanka, injuring eight civilians, a figure that appears in the earlier report. On July 23, TASS reported that Ukrainian drones injured four civilians, including a man in serious condition with multiple shrapnel wounds after an FPV drone hit a truck in the settlement of Politotdelsky. On July 21, TASS reported that four more civilians were wounded in ongoing drone attacks, including two women in a single-family house in the Belgorod district and two women after a drone detonation in the village of Proletarsky.

Key Claims

  • A Ukrainian drone struck an enterprise in Belyanka in the Shebekino district, injuring eight civilians, seven men with shrapnel wounds and a woman with blast-related trauma, and causing a fire in the workshop building, as reported by TASS citing the regional operational headquarters.
  • A drone explosion in the Bondarenkov farmstead in the Shebekinsky district injured a man with multiple shrapnel wounds, and FPV drone attacks caused fires and damage to residential and agricultural property in several districts, as reported by TASS citing the regional emergency response center.
  • Ukrainian strikes on several settlements on August 7 left five civilians injured, with damage to a garage, a vehicle, a private house, and an infrastructure facility, as reported by TASS citing the regional emergency response center.
  • On August 5, drone strikes on several municipalities left seven civilians wounded, with multiple cars and residential buildings damaged, as reported by TASS citing the regional crisis response center.
  • On August 3, a Ukrainian drone strike on a car in Oktyabrsky killed a woman and wounded two others, as reported by TASS citing the regional emergency center.
  • On August 1, four civilians were injured in drone attacks, including a woman wounded at a private house and two people injured in a car attack, as reported by TASS citing the emergency headquarters.
  • On July 23, four civilians were injured, including a man in serious condition after an FPV drone hit a truck, as reported by TASS citing the emergency headquarters.
  • On July 21, four more civilians were wounded, including two women hurt in an FPV drone attack on a house, as reported by TASS citing the regional emergency response headquarters.