8 people injured

At least 8 people injured in attack on Russia's Belgorod region, governor says

Uliana Pavlova

At least eight people were injured in an attack in Russia's Belgorod region, the governor there said Monday.

Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a video live stream there were no deaths among civilians in Belgorod.

What happened: Earlier on Monday, Gladkov said several people were injured with shrapnel wounds in an attack in the town of Graivoron. He also said shells hit an administrative building in Belgorod and damaged three residential buildings, which caught fire. A shell also hit a kindergarten in the neighboring village of Zamostye, where another woman was injured, he added.  

A Ukrainian official acknowledged that the units that had carried out an operation in the area were part of the defense and security forces of Ukraine, but insisted they were acting independently. “We can confirm that this operation was carried out by Russian citizens,” Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency, told CNN.