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Military operation in Ukraine

Teen in critical condition after drone attack in Belgorod Region

The 13-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital with multiple fragmentation wounds to the face and stomach

© Vladimir Gerdo/TASS, archive

BELGOROD, July 12. /TASS/. A 13-year-old boy was critically wounded by a drone as he was riding a bicycle in the town of Grayvoron in Russia’s borderline Belgorod Region, the region’s crisis response center said.

"In the town of Grayvoron, a Ukrainian drone attacked a teenager riding a bicycle. A 13-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital with multiple fragmentation wounds to the face and stomach. His condition is critical," the center said in a statement.

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