Ukraine Drone Strike Injures Children in Russian Border Town

A Ukrainian drone strike in Shebekino, Belgorod region, Russia, injured five children, two seriously, according to local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. The strike occurred three days after a Russian bombing in Kyiv. Russian officials have called for international condemnation, labeling the attack as deliberate terrorism against children.

A Ukrainian drone strike on a playground outside a multi-storey apartment block in Shebekino, a border town in Russia's Belgorod region, injured five children, two of them seriously, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported via Telegram.

According to Gladkov, the strike involved an explosive device deliberately dropped from a drone. He stated, 'Five children who were in the playground received various injuries. Two of them in serious condition were taken to the regional children's hospital.'

Three civilians were also injured in another Ukrainian attack on Shebekino. This attack comes three days after a Russian bomb caused significant damage at a children's hospital in Kyiv, resulting in two fatalities. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the Shebekino incident as a 'deliberate terrorist attack on children' and urged the international community to condemn the action.