In the Belgorod region, a nine-year-old child was seriously injured by a "device similar to a drone used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to attack civilian infrastructure facilities." This was reported by the region's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, on his Telegram channel.

According to him, the boy found the device on the street in the Belgorod region, and it detonated in his hands.

The child was taken to the regional children's hospital with open injuries to the extremities. The victim's condition is assessed as serious.

Since the beginning of the war, the Belgorod region has been subjected to shelling, which has recently become more frequent. Thus, on October 14, train traffic in the region was suspended due to downed missiles. On the same day, as a result of shelling, a substation in Belgorod caught fire, and the next day,an oil depot . Due to regular shelling, the regional authorities announced early school holidays.
On October 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on martial law in the annexed territories of Ukraine, as well as a special “medium response level” regime in border regions, including Belgorod.

In the Belgorod region, a nine-year-old child was injured by a “device similar to a Ukrainian drone,” the governor said