Seven injured in Belgorod region drone attacks, officials say

Seven people were injured in drone attacks in Russia’s Belgorod region, the regional operational headquarters said. The casualties were reported in Novaya Tavolzhanka, on the Belgorod–Shebekino road and at an infrastructure facility.

In Novaya Tavolzhanka in Shebekino district, a drone wounded a man in the legs. Local self-defence personnel took him to Shebekino Central District Hospital for treatment. He will continue receiving care as an outpatient. A commercial property in the village was also damaged.

A drone struck a car on the Belgorod–Shebekino road. Four men were taken to Shebekino hospital: one with shrapnel wounds to a hand, two with wounds to their arms and legs, and another with chest wounds, the headquarters said.

Three of the men injured in the car are due to be transferred to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. The fourth is to be taken to Belgorod Regional Clinical Hospital.

Two more people were wounded in a separate attack on an infrastructure facility. An ambulance took them to the regional hospital, where both were admitted to the trauma department after receiving treatment.