Ukraine shells Grayvoronsky district in Belgorod region prompting evacuation

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are shelling the Grayvoronsky urban district in the Belgorod region. This was earlier reported by The Eastern Herald.

“Shelling is underway in the Grayvoronsky urban district of the village Novostroevka-Pervaya,” the city administration said in a statement.

Local residents were urged to go to a basement or shelter.

Prior to this, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced the shelling of Shebekino by the Ukrainian army.

Various damages were recorded in four private houses. Also in two apartment buildings, windows in the apartments were broken, and in one of them, the gas supply line was damaged. One woman received shrapnel wounds to her legs, arms, and chest. She was taken to Belgorod Hospital No. 2. Doctors assessed her condition as moderate.

Gladkov also reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are scattering anti-personnel mines with seismic sensors in the ten-kilometer border zone of the region.

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