Governor of Belgorod Province, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced that a woman was killed and 29 others, including a child, were injured after the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Belgorod region, western Russia.

The city of Belgorod and Belgorod region were subjected to violent bombardment by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in which a woman died of her injuries before ambulance arrived, Gladkov said.

According to preliminary information, 28 adults and a child were injured by shrapnel in different parts of their bodies. All of them were transferred to medical centers, he added.

Ukrainian forces continue to target Russian border areas in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh, Rostov, and Crimean provinces on an almost daily basis with drones and missiles.

Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

Source: Qatar News Agency