MOSCOW, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people, including an 11-year-old girl, were injured in the Russian western region of Belgorod following Ukrainian attacks on Thursday, said regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
"The Armed Forces of Ukraine have carried out new strikes on our region. Twelve people have been wounded. All the victims are receiving the necessary medical assistance", Gladkov wrote on his social media.
According to Gladkov, two attacks were carried out on the city of Shebekino, where four people sustained mine-blast and shrapnel wounds.
Later, a Ukrainian drone hit a commercial site in Shebekino, wounding seven more, including an 11-year-old girl.
In the village of Golovchino, another person was injured as a result of an attack on a vehicle, suffering mine-blast injuries, barotrauma, shrapnel wounds and burns.
Governor Gladkov further reported that the attacks across multiple localities in the Belgorod region damaged 12 passenger vehicles, 10 private residential structures, two commercial properties and machinery at several industrial sites, as well as shattering windows in six apartment units. ■
