Ukrainian drones and missiles killed five people in Belgorod and Lipetsk, officials said
Russian officials said Ukrainian drone and missile attacks killed five people in Russia’s Belgorod and Lipetsk regions on Sunday, while an attack in Perm injured five workers at an industrial facility. Belgorod governor Alexander Shuvayev said three people were killed and 13 injured in Belgorod city. Lipetsk governor Igor Artamonov said a security guard was killed in Yelets.
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Russian regional officials said Ukrainian drone and missile attacks killed five people in the Belgorod and Lipetsk regions on Sunday, while a drone attack injured five workers at an industrial facility in Perm region.
Belgorod governor Alexander Shuvayev said an overnight drone attack in Belgorod city killed three people and injured 13. Local authorities said a separate drone strike hit a car in Voznesenovka near Shebekino, killing one person and injuring another; the incident brought the region’s reported death toll to four.
Lipetsk governor Igor Artamonov said a missile struck an industrial zone in Yelets, killing a security guard and injuring a paramedic. The guard worked at a facility in the area, but Artamonov did not identify it. Perm governor Dmitry Makhonin reported five workers injured and gave no further details about the damage.
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Demokratis reports that attacks killed people in Belgorod and Lipetsk and damaged an industrial facility in Perm. The Institute for the Study of War separately reports strikes on industrial facilities in Russia, but does not report the deaths in Russia needed to support the full claim.