At least 10 killed, 7 injured as Ukraine, Russia trade attacks overnight
by Paul Godfrey · UPIAug. 17 (UPI) -- At least six people were killed and four, including a child, were injured overnight in a Ukrainian missile strike on a small community in Russia's southwestern Belgorod province.
Belgorod acting Gov. Alexander Shuvaev said in an update on Telegram early Monday that the attack on Koloskovo village in Valuyki district, about 13 miles from the border with Ukraine, razed a building and damaged a vehcile.
"Two of those injured, including a 14-year-old child, have been taken to the Valuyki Central District Hospital. Doctors are providing all necessary care to the injured," said Shuvaev.
The state-run TASS news agency reported that a civilian killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the settlement of Ponurovka in southern Bryansk province, close to the border with Ukraine's Chernihiv province, with both strikes part of a wider airborne assault that targeted seven other regions overnight.
Meanwhile, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said Monday that two people were killed and two were injured after Russian artillery shelled a residential district of the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk province and attacked a market in Sloviansk, setting more than 50 stalls ablaze.
In an update on X, SES said Russian shelling of Sumy province killed two people and injured one while at the other end of the country in Odessa region a shopping mall, two private residences and cars were destroyed and a gas line was damaged.
The attacks in both directions came a day after Ukraine unleashed one of its largest assaults of the war so far, launching thousands of drones against targets across Russa and killing at least seven people and injuring 39. Exact numbers of drones were unclear, but Moscow claimed its air defenses shot down nearly 1,500.
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