In the Belgorod region, three civilians were injured as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the Belgorod region, three civilians, including a child, were injured as a result of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced by Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov on August 17.

"In the village of Nikitskoye, Borisovsky district, a man was injured by a drone strike on a car. <...> In the Belgorod region, a mother and her 13-year-old daughter received barotrauma," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

It is specified that the victims with shrapnel wounds and multiple injuries were taken to a medical facility.

In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the settlements of Nechayevka, Oktyabrsky, Shebekino, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Grayvoron, Doroshch, cars, private houses and outbuildings were damaged there, the governor added.

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Earlier that day, Gladkov reported that a 12-year-old boy was injured in the Belgorod region due to an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He was found to have a mine explosion injury and a blind shrapnel wound to his leg.

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