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At least six people killed in Ukrainian missile attack on Russia’s Belgorod

A Ukrainian missile strike on the village of Koloskovo in Russia's Belgorod region killed at least six people and wounded four, including a 14-year-old. The attack, which occurred overnight, also caused a structure to burn and a vehicle to be damaged.

Al Jazeera StaffAl JazeeraFiled 2026-08-17 · 08:00 GMTLean · CenterRead · 2 min
At least six people killed in Ukrainian missile attack on Russia’s Belgorod
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A Ukrainian missile strike on the village of Koloskovo in Russia's Belgorod region killed at least six people and wounded four, including a 14-year-old. The attack, which occurred overnight, also caused a structure to burn and a vehicle to be damaged. Simultaneously, Russia launched missile and drone attacks across Ukraine. These Russian strikes resulted in at least four deaths and 19 injuries. Specifically, two people were killed and four injured in Zaporizhia, two were killed and one wounded in Sumy, five were injured in Dnipropetrovsk, and four were injured in Kharkiv. Russian attacks also injured five people in Kherson and targeted port infrastructure in Odesa, damaging a civilian vessel.

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Koloskovo is about 15km from Ukraine’s northeastern border.

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A Ukrainian attack hit the village of Koloskovo in the Valuysky district.

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At least six people were killed and four others injured in a Ukrainian missile strike on Russia’s Belgorod region.

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A Russian attack targeted port infrastructure in the Izmail district of Odesa region, damaging a Togo-flagged civilian vessel.

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Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine killed at least four people and wounded 19.

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Overnight Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine kill two people and injure 19.At least six people have been killed and four others, including a 14-year-old, have been wounded in a Ukrainian missile strike on western Russia’s Belgorod region.The Ukrainian attack on Monday hit the village of Koloskovo in the Valuysky district, acting Belgorod Governor Alexander Shuvaev said on the state-backed MAX platform. Shuvaev said a structure was “burned” and a vehicle damaged in the attack.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Civilian deaths in Ukraine in July hit highest level since May 2022: UNlist 2 of 3Is Russia’s economy cracking despite the Iran war windfall?list 3 of 3Russia says hit Ukrainian railway and port facilities in new strikesend of listKoloskovo is about 15km (10 miles) from Ukraine’s northeastern border.At the same time, Russian forces launched missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, killing at least four people and wounding 19.At least two people were killed and four injured in a Russian attack on the southeastern region of Zaporizhia.At least two people were killed and one person was wounded in Russian shelling on Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, emergency services said.At least five people were injured in a Russian strike on central Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region while four were injured after two Russian guided-bomb attacks hit Izyum in the northeastern region of Kharkiv.Five people were injured in Russian attacks on the southern region of Kherson.In the Odesa region, also in southern Ukraine, a Russian attack targeted port infrastructure in the Izmail district.The fires caused by the overnight attack, which damaged a Togo-flagged civilian vessel, have been extinguished, Ukrainian authorities wrote on the Telegram messaging app.Izmail, close to the Romanian border, is home to Ukraine’s largest port on the Danube River.
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