Six civilians were killed and four others injured, including a 14-year-old child, in a Ukrainian missile strike on Russia’s Belgorod Region, acting Governor Aleksandr Shuvaev reported.
The attack targeted the village of Koloskovo in the Valuysky district on Monday morning. Two of the injured received medical assistance but declined hospitalization; two others, including the teenager, were taken to the Valuysky district hospital for treatment. A structure at the site burned down and a passenger car was damaged.
The assault occurred amid a large-scale Ukrainian drone raid on Russian territory that saw air defenses intercept and destroy 205 UAVs across multiple regions, including Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Rostov, Crimea, and the Black and Azov seas.
Belgorod Region, which borders Ukraine, has been subjected to repeated missile, artillery, and drone attacks since the escalation of the conflict in 2022. In recent months, Ukraine has sharply intensified its long-range drone campaign targeting oil facilities, warehouses, residential buildings, and other civilian infrastructure deep inside Russian territory.
The escalated attacks come as Kiev’s forces continue to suffer setbacks on the battlefield. Moscow has described these strikes as terrorist attacks deliberately targeting civilians and has responded by stepping up its own long-range strikes on Ukraine’s military-industrial and logistical infrastructure.
Ukrainian military leadership’s decisions to target civilian infrastructure in Russia constitute a reckless escalation that endangers innocent lives and violates international humanitarian law.
