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MOSCOW/NEW DELHI: A Ukrainian drone strike on a bus in Russia’s Belgorod region killed five people including a child on Monday, authorities said, while Kyiv said Russian strikes on several Ukrainian cities left at least eight dead.
Russia has escalated its bombardment of Ukraine, killing dozens of people in missile strikes since the beginning of the month, according to Ukrainian authorities. Kyiv has also intensified its retaliatory strikes.
Russian border regions have been hit by cross-border strikes since the start of Moscow’s offensive in February 2022. In the Russian town of Shebekino — less than five kilometres (three miles) from the Ukrainian border — a Ukrainian drone “deliberately and cynically struck a passenger coach”, the acting governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Alexander Shuvaev, said on social media.
“Five innocent civilians, including a minor, were killed as a result of this inhuman and despicable attack... In addition, 23 civilians were injured, including a teenager,” he added.
