Two civilians killed in new attack on Russia’s Belgorod region

Two local women were killed by shelling in Russia’s Belgorod region today, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reports.

“A local woman was killed following a shelling in Novaya Tavolzhanka, she received lethal injuries. Another woman was injured with mortal wounds in her shoulder,” Gladkov said.

One more woman was killed and one man was injured due to shelling in the locality of Bezlyudovka, the governor added.

Earlier today, Gladkov said that five people had been killed in the region yesterday, and another 16 had been injured. Two men from the village of Sobolevka died on the spot, and one injured woman died in an ambulance. Seven more people were hospitalised.

In the Shebekinsky district, two local residents were killed, eight more people were injured, six of them were hospitalised, the governor added.