MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military fired about 55 munitions at the borderline Belgorod Region over the past 24 hours, and the region was also attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), while three houses and a car were damaged by shrapnel from downed UAVs, Voronezh Region Governor Alexander Gusev said on his Telegram channel.

"Two private households were damaged in the city of Belgorod after the fall of elements of an remotely piloted aircraft, which was shot down by the air defense system. Outbuildings and window openings of private houses were slashed. No casualties were recorded," he wrote.

A UAV, or drone, was also shot down over the territory of the Belgorod District, and shrapnel damaged a private house and a car in the village of Razumnoye. The Ukrainian armed forces fired 12 mortar shells at the village of Shchetinovka and 14 artillery shells at the village of Zhuravlevka on Monday. "Also, one explosive device was dropped from a UAV in Shchetinovka, and one shrapnel munition each on the villages of Ustinka and Nekhoteyevka. The enemy attacked the village of Krasny Khutor with a kamikaze drone. There were no casualties or damage in these settlements," the head of the region said.

The village of Verigovka, Valuysky District, was shelled by mortars on January 15; two attacks were recorded. In the village of Dolgoye, a UAV was downed and then destroyed by electronic warfare (EW) means; no consequences occurred.

In the Graivoronsky District, three explosive devices were dropped from a UAV on the outskirts of the village of Kozinka and nine mortar shells were fired on the outskirts of the village of Dronovka. The Ukrainian armed forces attacked the village of Glotovo with two kamikaze drones. A UAV was shot down near the village of Chapaevsky.

In the Krasnoyaruzhsky District, the outskirts of the village of Vyazovoye came under mortar fire; four attacks were recorded. Two mortar shells each were fired on the outskirts of the villages of Starosel'ye and Terebreno, and three mortar shells were fired on the outskirts of the village of Prilesye. "In the Shebekinsky Municipal District, two mortar shells each were fired on the settlement of Krasnoye, the Mukhin farming community, and the village of Murom. A kamikaze drone landed in the Balki farming community. There were no casualties or damage in any of the district's settlements," Gladkov stated.