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MOSCOW, July 8. The number of people killed in the shelling of the village of Nikolskoye in the Belgorod region by the Ukrainian Armed Forces has increased to three, said the head of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov.
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"The driver of the car, who was at a nearby intersection at the time of arrival, was injured . His colleague got behind the wheel and drove the wounded man towards Belgorod for medical assistance. Much to my sorrow, the man died on the way to the hospital,” he wrote on the Telegram channel.
The Governor expressed deep condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Nikolskoye on the afternoon of July 8. A shell hit a two-story building housing a restaurant and a store, killing a man on the spot. Another victim later died in hospital. In addition, a woman with shrapnel wounds was hospitalized from the scene. Two men were sent home for outpatient treatment after treatment of their wounds.
Four private households, four cars and a minibus were also damaged.
Ukrainian troops almost daily attack civilian and infrastructure facilities in the border and central regions of Russia. Vladimir Putin said that due to Ukrainian shelling of residential areas, Russia is forced to create a sanitary security zone.