BELGOROD, February 24Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military fired 30 shells from artillery, 10 from a grenade launcher and 200 rounds from a Kalashnikov machine gun into the village of Shchetinovka, Belgorod region, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said in his Telegram channel.
According to the governor, on February 23, the Ukrainian military shelled four border areas, firing 57 projectiles, including six explosive devices dropped from drones. There were also attacks using three kamikaze drones, and one Ukrainian drone was shot down by an air defense system. According to reports from the head of the region, there were no casualties among civilians. The most significant shelling was recorded in the village of Shchetinovka, Belgorod district. According to the reports, earlier in February this village was attacked four times: on February 1 — 6 attacks using drones, and on February 14, 17 and 19 — one attack each time from a drone.
“In the Belgorod district, 30 artillery shells, 10 grenade launcher rounds and 200 rounds from a Kalashnikov machine gun were fired at the village of Shchetinovka. There were no casualties or damage… In the Volokonovsky district, on the outskirts of the village of Old, the enemy attacked with the help of two UAVs,” Gladkov wrote.
He added that in the Grayvoronsky district in the village of Dronovka, an improvised explosive device was dropped from a drone onto an infrastructure communications facility. 3 mortar shells were fired at the village of Zamosc. The village of Antonovka was attacked by a kamikaze drone. In the village of Lomnoye, an aircraft-type drone was shot down by an air defense system.
«»In the Shebekinsky urban district in the city of Shebekino, 2 explosive devices were dropped from a UAV. No one was injured. As a result of the attack, a car and the fence of a private residential property were damaged. The Pankov farm came under mortar fire — 3 arrivals were recorded. There were no casualties. As a result of the shelling, a gas station was damaged pipe. 5 mortar shells were fired at the village of Krasnoye. Also, 3 explosive devices were dropped in the village from a UAV,» the head of the region specified.
The entire territory of the Belgorod region has been assigned a high (yellow) level of terrorist threat since April 11, 2022. The need to introduce a regime is caused by the aggravation of the situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border and the increased activity of the Ukrainian military in the border areas. The length of the Ukrainian border with the Belgorod region is 350 kilometers.