MOSCOW, May  25, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Ukrainian shelling of a Russian town
close to the border killed two people on Saturday, Belgorod region governor
Vyacheslav Gladkov said.

       "Ukrainian armed forces fired on the settlement of Oktyabrsky from a rocket
launcher. To my great sorrow, two people were killed: a man and a woman had
numerous shrapnel wounds incompatible with life," Gladkov wrote on Telegram.

       The governor said that according to initial information 10 other people
received shrapnel injuries, including an eight-year-old boy.

       Ukraine regularly fires across the border into the Belgorod region, which
adjoins the Kharkiv region, where Russia launched an offensive on May 10 and
has captured territory.

       The Saturday strike set on fire a private house and damaged 21 surrounding
houses, a block of flats and 23 cars, Gladkov said.

       Oktyabrsky is located just over 10 kilometres (six miles) from the border.