On Friday, strikes hit an electrical substation in Belgorod, inflicting energy cuts. (File)

Moscow:

The Russian Belgorod area bordering Ukraine was hit by strikes on Sunday, leaving at the very least 4 folks injured within the newest assaults within the space, Russian officers mentioned.

“As a result of shelling in Belgorod, three people from the same family were injured,” regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov posted on Telegram on Sunday after visiting the household.

Two of them had been hospitalised.

In a separate put up, the governor mentioned his administration recorded “damage in more than 20 homes” within the Belgorod area, and that “a grandpa suffered a concussion”.

Mr Gladkov posted photographs of harm, smashed home windows and craters after strikes within the metropolis and within the area of Belgorod.

Around 16 explosions had been recorded within the metropolis of Belgorod, Russia’s investigative committee, which investigates critical crimes, mentioned Sunday.

The metropolis of 330,000, round 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Ukrainian border, had till not too long ago hardly ever been hit, not like the encompassing area.

The assaults come a day after an oil depot was hit in the identical space.

Russia claimed a rise in artillery and missile strikes on its territories bordering Ukraine final week.

On Friday, strikes hit an electrical substation in Belgorod, inflicting energy cuts, after different strikes on Thursday.

On Saturday, two gunmen attacked a navy coaching floor within the Belgorod area, killing 11 individuals who had volunteered to struggle in Ukraine, in what Russia’s defence ministry mentioned was a “terrorist” assault.

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