More than 200 civilians have been killed and at least 1,100 injured in the Russian region of Belgorod since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the governor of this region said today.
"More than 1,100 peaceful inhabitants were injured and more than 200 people were killed," Viacheslav Gladkov told the Russian news agency TASS about the victims caused by Ukrainian attacks with 'drones' and artillery against the region.
The Belgorod region shares a 540-kilometer border with Ukraine and is the entity of the Russian Federation most affected by Ukrainian military actions.
According to data from local authorities provided last April, since the start of the war, more than 120 civilians had been killed in the region following Ukrainian attacks.
In recent weeks, attacks against this Russian region have increased, which from west to south borders the Ukrainian provinces of Sumi, Kharkiv and Luhansk, the latter annexed by Russia in September 2022.
The Russian military offensive on Ukrainian territory, launched on February 24, 2022, plunged Europe into what is considered the most serious security crisis since the Second World War (1939-1945).
Ukraine has relied on financial and weapons aid from Western allies, who have also enacted sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy to try to reduce Moscow's ability to finance the war effort.
Recent months have been marked by large-scale Russian airstrikes against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, while Kiev's forces have targeted targets on Russian territory close to the border and on the Crimean peninsula, illegally annexed in 2014.
Already in the third year of war, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been faced with a lack of soldiers and weapons and ammunition, despite repeated promises of help from Western allies, which have since begun to materialize.
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