BELGOROD, December 29. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military fired more than 60 munitions at populated areas of the borderline Belgorod Region over the past 24 hours, and several drone attacks were carried out, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on his Telegram channel.

The attacks by Ukrainian forces injured a civilian and also damaged seven households, as well as gas and electricity utility lines.

"In the Graivoron Municipal District, the village of Mokraya Orlovka was attacked by a kamikaze drone. A civilian suffered shrapnel wounds. The explosive device was dropped from the drone while the man was outdoors. The victim suffered multiple shrapnel wounds to the head, abdomen and lower extremities. The man was taken to the hospital, where doctors are providing him with all necessary assistance," Gladkov wrote.

According to him, a private residence was damaged as a result of the explosion. Windows were blown out, the facade and fence were slashed, and a utility outbuilding was damaged. The outskirts of Mokraya Orlovka also came under fire with eight attacks recorded, while the Ukrainian forces also fired 16 mortar shells on the outskirts of the village of Spodariushino. "The outskirts of the village of Dronovka came under mortar shelling; four attacks were recorded. <...> Damage of various degrees was revealed in five private residences: windows were broken, and fences, roofing, outbuildings and garages were lacerated. One passenger car was damaged. Gas and electricity supply lines were also damaged by shell fragments," the governor said, noting that at the moment emergency services were working to eliminate the damage caused by the attacks.

The Ukrainian armed forces fired four mortar shells at the village of Gorkovsky, Graivoron District, on Thursday, attacking the settlement with a kamikaze drone. An infrastructure facility was damaged.

In the Belgorod District, a kamikaze drone attacked the Nekhoteyevka checkpoint, and in the Borisov District, Ukrainian forces fired 23 mortar shells on the outskirts of the Lozovaya Rudka farmstead. In the Krasnoyaruzhsky District, one attack was recorded on the outskirts of the village of Vyazovoye, and four attacks were recorded on the outskirts of the village of Prilesye.

In the Shebekinsky District, Ukrainian forces fired one mortar shell at the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka. Windows were shattered by shell fragments, and the facade and fence of a private residential house were damaged. A shrapnel munition was dropped from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the village of Terezovka. "One mortar shell was fired on the village of Belyanka. The enemy attacked the village of Sereda with a kamikaze drone; one shrapnel munition was also dropped from a UAV there. There were no casualties or damage in these villages," the governor said.