Five killed by Ukrainian airstrikes on Russia’s Belgorod region

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June 3 () –

Three women and a man have died and 16 more people have been injured this Saturday by the impact of projectiles launched by the Ukrainian forces on the Russian region of Belgorod, as denounced by the regional governor, Viacheslav Gladkov.

The Russian person in charge has denounced a total of 547 impacts of Ukrainian projectiles on Belgorod during the day on Saturday. Several Grad shells have fallen on the town of Sobolevka and have killed three people: two men who worked in a garden and a woman who has been hit by shrapnel with wounds to the abdomen and chest.

Two other women have died on a road near the town of Maslova Pristan when a shell hit their car. By the time the medical personnel arrived, both of them had already died.

On the other hand, seven people have been injured in the Valuiski district, specifically in the town of Razumnoye, near Belgorod. Another eight people have been injured in the Shebekinski district, six of whom have had to be hospitalized and the area lacks electricity and water supply.

Meanwhile, the leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeni Prigozhin, has warned that he could intervene in the area. “We will not wait for an invitation” to “protect” Belgorod if the forces of the Russian Defense Ministry do not confront the “lawlessness”.

The Belgorod region has been the target of various attacks by Ukrainian forces since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022, including two ground assaults in recent days that Moscow blames on Ukraine and for which militia groups have claimed responsibility. opponents of the Kremlin.