Three people died and 14 were wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian region of Belgorod, Russian authorities reported this Sunday. Two of the dead and 13 of the wounded were in the city of Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine, which suffered a "massive" overnight attack. On the same day, Russian attacks left dead and wounded in several regions of Ukraine, a sign of the pace at which both countries are attacking each other with drones.
The acting governor of the Belgorod region, Alexander Shuvaev, said that 154 Ukrainian attacks were recorded in the region over the last 24 hours. "Belgorod was subjected to a massive drone attack last night," the mayor, Valentin Demidov, wrote on social media.
One of the two men who died in the city passed away in the hospital from his injuries. Demidov, who toured the affected sites, spoke of "significant damage" to homes and vehicles, as well as to "social and commercial facilities." He posted images of the city center showing apartment buildings and cars on fire.
Damage in the city and the region
According to Reuters, Shuvaev counted damage to 30 apartment buildings, 35 cars, four houses, three administrative buildings, eight commercial premises, and three social facilities.
Another person died and one was wounded in a village near Shebekino, according to the authorities. The tallies varied during the morning, and the figures come from Russian officials…
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Neighbors gather in front of a residential complex that, according to local authorities, was hit by a nighttime attack with Ukrainian drones, in central Belgorod. There were three dead and 14 injured in the region (REUTERS/Stringer)Three people died and 14 were injured in Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian region of Belgorod, Russian authorities reported this Sunday. Two of the dead and 13 of the injured were in the city of Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine, which suffered a "massive" nighttime attack. On the same day, Russian attacks left dead and injured in several regions of Ukraine, a sign of the pace at which both countries attack each other with drones. A man walks past damaged cars in front of a residential complex hit, according to local authorities, by a nighttime attack with Ukrainian drones, in central Belgorod. There were 35 damaged cars, the governor said (REUTERS/Stringer)The acting governor of the Belgorod region, Alexander Shuvaev, said that 154 Ukrainian attacks were recorded in the region in the last 24 hours. "Belgorod was subjected last night to a massive drone attack," the mayor, Valentin Demidov, wrote on social media. A multi-story residential building on fire after what local authorities described as a nighttime attack with Ukrainian drones, in Belgorod. The photo was released by the mayor, Valentin Demidov (Belgorod Mayor/via REUTERS)One of the two men who died in the city passed away in the hospital from his injuries. Demidov, who toured the affected sites, spoke of "significant damage" to homes and vehicles, and also to "social and commercial facilities." He published images of the city center with apartment buildings and cars on fire. Damaged cars next to a residential building attacked, according to authorities, by Ukrainian drones, in Belgorod. The governor counted 154 attacks in the region in one day (Belgorod Mayor/via REUTERS)According to Reuters, Shuvaev counted damage to 30 apartment buildings, 35 cars, four houses, three administrative buildings, eight commercial premises, and three social facilities. Another person died and one was injured in a village near Shebekino, according to authorities. The tolls varied during the morning, and the figures come from Russian officials and could not be independently verified. A fire truck and damaged cars in front of a residential building attacked, according to authorities, by Ukrainian drones, in Belgorod. Two of the three dead in the region died in the city (Belgorod Mayor/via REUTERS)A fire truck and damaged cars in front of a residential building attacked, according to authorities, by Ukrainian drones, in Belgorod. There were 14 injured in the region (Belgorod Mayor/via REUTERS)Belgorod, about 30 kilometers from the border, has been a frequent target of Ukrainian attacks for years. A year ago, in October 2025, drones and missiles attacked the region three days in a row and left thousands of people without electricity. This Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry also said that its drones hit a cargo ship heading to the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk and logistics centers in Kharkiv. According to The Moscow Times, a drone attack also damaged an industrial plant in the Perm region, in the Urals, and left five workers injured, according to its governor, Dmitri Makhonin. On the Ukrainian side, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian attacks killed four people on Saturday night in the Dnipro region and left 22 others injured, including an 11-year-old girl. According to the Kyiv Post, citing the regional governor, Oleksandr Hanzha, a drone hit an apartment building in the city of Synelnykove and caused a fire on the fourth floor. Among the dead is a 62-year-old man who died in the hospital, and 13 others were injured, four of them seriously. In Kharkiv, other drone attacks killed one person and injured four, three of them rescuers, according to the same outlet. Firefighters work in an apartment building damaged by Russian drone attacks, in Vinnytsia. Six people were injured and four apartments were destroyed (State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Vinnytsia/via REUTERS)In the early hours of Sunday, in Vinnytsia, in central Ukraine, a Russian drone hit a five-story residential building and left six injured. Firefighters work in an apartment building damaged by Russian drone attacks, in Vinnytsia. Fifteen residents were evacuated from an adjacent private nursing home, according to authorities (State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Vinnytsia/via REUTERS)Neighbors leave an apartment building damaged by Russian drones, in Vinnytsia. The Ukrainian Air Force counted 153 drones launched during the night (State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Vinnytsia/via REUTERS)The governor, Natalia Zabolotna, said the impact damaged the structure between the second and third floors and destroyed four apartments. A private nursing home was also damaged, from which 15 residents were evacuated, according to the Ukrainian agency Ukrinform. More than 60 rescuers were working at the site. A health worker attends to an injured neighbor in an ambulance, next to an apartment building damaged by Russian drones, in Vinnytsia. There were six injured and one was hospitalized (State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Vinnytsia/via REUTERS)The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched 153 drones during the night from several regions of southwestern Russia, and that at least 119 were "shot down or neutralized." According to the Kyiv Independent, among them were 64 jet-powered drones, which are faster and harder to intercept. Russian attacks killed eight people and injured 51 in Ukraine in the last day, according to local authorities cited by that outlet. Zelensky said that in the last week Russia launched against Ukraine some 1,600 guided aerial bombs, 48 missiles of various types, including ballistic, and almost 2,300 drones. "Almost every day there are dead and injured in these brutal attacks," he wrote. In September, Kyiv had denounced a deliberate Russian campaign against the power grid to leave the country in the dark before winter, something Moscow acknowledged.