Ukraine and Russia claim that civilians were killed in separate strikes
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Russia claims to have shot down 50 Ukrainian drones after Ukraine appeared to target its energy infrastructure overnight, Euronews reported. According to France 24, the Russian strike killed two in Ukraine’s northeast.
However, this wasn’t the only side which was affected. According to France24, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said cross-border Ukrainian attacks left at least three people dead
Euronews report said that the Russian air defences intercepted and destroyed fifty drones across eight regions, in the western Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border 26 drones were shot down. A woman and her caretaker were among victims after a fire started caused by explosions during the attack. As well as, a pregnant woman and her unborn child whom died in shelling.
France 24 report “A residential building and a barn in the village of Poroz, less than two kilometres (one mile) from the frontier, were “completely burned down”, governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. Another building was severely damaged.
“As a result of the release of two explosive devices, a private residential building caught fire. Tragically, two civilians died — a woman who was recovering from a fractured femur, and a man who was caring for her,” Gladkov wrote on Telegram.
He later said Ukraine shelled the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child. “Doctors did everything possible to save both mother and child. But to the great grief, the woman and the unborn baby died from their wounds,” he said.
