TASS, March 20. One person was killed and two wounded in the Belgorod Region as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on his Telegram channel.

"According to preliminary data, one person was killed - the man was in his car when shrapnel hit it. He died from his injuries before the ambulance arrived. Two people were injured in the shelling - a 17-year-old girl received a closed craniocerebral injury and supraorbital laceration, while a man received shrapnel wounds to his arm. Ambulances brought the victims to the regional children's hospital and Belgorod’s city hospital No. 2. They are receiving all necessary medical care," the governor wrote.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defense systems on duty destroyed 13 Vampire multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) shells over the Belgorod Region.