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Belgorod hit overnight
Ukrainian missile strikes killed six people and injured four in Russia's Belgorod region overnight, the acting governor Alexander Shuvaev said in a Telegram post on Monday.
“Six people have been killed and four injured in Ukrainian missile strikes on Russia's Belgorod region”
Shuvaev said the strikes hit the village of Koloskovo in the Valuysky district, where a building burned and a car was damaged.
The BBC reported that a 14-year-old child was among those injured, and said the injured child was sent to hospital while two others received medical assistance.
The BBC also said the strikes came a night after what officials called the "largest-scale" attack launched by Ukraine this year, in which at least seven people were killed.
Different death tolls
In a separate Belgorod account, Reuters said a missile attack killed two people and injured 16 in the city of Belgorod close to the Russian border with Ukraine, also citing acting governor Alexander Shuvayev.
Reuters added that Sunday's deaths followed Ukraine's hit on a commercial facility that set ablaze seven warehouses in the city, and said Ozon reported a logistics hub and a sorting facility were attacked and a fire triggered.
The Kyiv Independent reported that acting Belgorod Oblast Governor Alexander Shuvaev claimed two people were killed and 16 others injured, and said Ozon confirmed its sorting center and delivery hub had been hit.
The Kyiv Independent also said Ozon suspended deliveries and the acceptance of customer orders and goods from sellers in Belgorod and the surrounding region while it reorganizes its logistics routes.
Logistics and defense stakes
The Moscow Times reported that Ozon said it evacuated employees from its facility in Belgorod but added that there were casualties and suspended operations as a result, while also saying Ozon did not say whether any employees were killed.
“Ozon said it evacuated employees from the facility, but added that there were casualties and suspended operations”
Reuters reported that Russia's top lender Sberbank approved the restructuring of a total of 6.8 billion roubles ($79 million) in loans for traders of goods via Ozon and Wildberries, citing a bank executive.
The Kyiv Independent said the attack came as Ukraine continues targeting Russian military and logistics infrastructure that supports Moscow's war effort, and it noted that it could not independently verify claims about damage to the Belgorod thermal power plant.
In the BBC account of the earlier Belgorod strikes, Shuvaev said the latest strikes had burned a building and damaged a car in Koloskovo, underscoring how the attacks are described as reaching civilian areas near the border.