Four civilians have been killed and 17 injured, including a 10-year-old boy, in Ukrainian attacks on several Russian regions, according to local officials.
The fatalities were reported in Belgorod Region and near Moscow, while nine people were wounded in a drone attack on Kaluga Region. In Belgorod Region, two people were killed and four injured overnight during shelling of the settlement of Razumnoye. A projectile struck a private house, killing a married couple inside. Four other individuals sustained injuries, including a family of three: the father suffered blast injuries and abrasions to his back and shoulder, while his wife and 10-year-old son sustained suspected blast injuries. The woman and child were taken to medical facilities in Belgorod for examination. A fourth victim—a woman with shrapnel wounds to her head and shoulder—received on-site treatment but declined hospitalization. One house was completely destroyed, while neighboring properties sustained roof damage, shattered windows, and fence damage.
Separately, an attack in Belgorod Region on Wednesday killed an 11-year-old girl in a strike on the village of Printsevka. Late Thursday, a drone strike on the border town of Grayvoron resulted in one civilian death and three injuries. Two victims were men with multiple shrapnel wounds to their backs; another woman sustained scalp shrapnel injuries. All three were transported to Grayvoron’s central district hospital.
In Kaluga Region, southwest of Moscow, nine people were injured overnight in a drone attack that damaged infrastructure and homes. Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported the incident, noting Russian air defenses shot down 26 drones across the region.
On Thursday, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov reported that a Ukrainian drone strike killed a 57-year-old man in Podolsk, just south of Moscow, and injured a 37-year-old woman. The attack also caused three cars to catch fire and shattered windows in an adjacent apartment building.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated its forces intercepted and destroyed 505 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones across Russia overnight. According to Russian Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik, at least 29 civilians—including two children—have been killed and 206 injured in Ukrainian strikes between September 28 and October 4.
Moscow has condemned Ukrainian attacks on civilians as terrorism.
