Ukrainian drones attacked Belgorod overnight on August 9, wounding 13 people including two children, according to Alexander Shuvalov, the region's acting governor. A four-year-old boy was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds to the chest.
The attack set fire to a private house and two cars, and damaged at least four apartment buildings, an administrative building, and social and commercial facilities, Shuvalov said.
OSINT analysts at the outlet Astra, citing eyewitness photos, said an office of the Federal Security Service (FSB) for the Belgorod region sits between three of the damaged apartment buildings. The fourth damaged building is located 600 meters from the Belgorod thermal power plant, Astra reported.
In Novorossiysk, drone debris fell on the territory of two enterprises and a private house in the settlement of Verkhnebakansky, said Mayor Andrei Kravchenko. A fire broke out in an outbuilding but was extinguished; no casualties were reported.
Bashkortostan's State Committee for Emergency Situations said Ukrainian drones attempted to attack enterprises in Ufa. One drone hit a building under construction in the Demsky district, starting a fire.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russia's Defense Ministry had not commented on the attack as of publication time.
Sources differ on the details: Shuvalov reported 13 wounded including two children, while independent OSINT analysts at Astra, based on eyewitness photos, pointed to possible targets — the FSB office and the thermal plant — though officials did not name these as targets.