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One Dead, Two Injured in Ukrainian Drone Attack

Published January 4, 2026, 10:23

One man was killed and a woman and a four-year-old child were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on a vehicle in the western Russian border region of Belgorod, officials announced today. The two injured are hospitalized in serious condition. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had shot down 42 Ukrainian drones today, in addition to the 90 it had shot down overnight, including three targeting Moscow. Ukrainian drone attacks are frequent in Russian border regions.