MOSCOW, January 2. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military’s shelling attack on the Russian city of Belgorod has killed one civilian and left another five wounded, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
"According to preliminary reports, one person was killed. A munition exploded by his car as he was driving and he died on the spot of shrapnel wounds," the governor wrote on Telegram. "Another four people suffered wounds near a car market. Two -- a man and a woman -- were rushed to the hospital by an ambulance; they are being examined by doctors at the regional clinical hospital. Two more wounded men refused hospitalization," Gladkov said, adding that another woman suffered a shrapnel wound to her arm while riding a bus.
Damage was done to several private homes as air defense systems downed eight aerial targets over Russia’s borderline Belgorod Region, also affecting four cars and a bus, Gladkov said.
The governor initially reported two rocket attacks that left two civilians wounded.