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Three people have been killed and a minimum of nine individuals sustained injuries in the newest assault from Ukraine on the border territory of Russia of Belgorod, as reported by regional authorities.

The deaths happened following a strike on the Maslova Pristan settlement during Wednesday morning, authorities reported. Emergency workers were persisting in looking for people potentially caught under rubble.

This marks the third straight day that Ukrainian forces have attacked the region, resulting in many individuals without power and no fewer than two additional individuals dead.

Series of Attacks Result in Destruction

A sequence of Wednesday aerial assaults damaged homes, transportation and power lines in multiple districts of Belgorod, per information from authority reports.

Sources published pictures from the area revealing a athletic facility with its structure and exterior blown apart, and said that response teams were cleaning up rubble and assessing the damage.

In the nearby town of Moshchenoye, half a dozen persons - including a child - sustained injuries when an aerial projectile and unmanned aircraft targeted transportation, while a person got injured when an automobile was struck in Masychevo.

Power Outages Affect Thousands

The strikes follow 48 hours of comparable strikes that have caused blackouts and structural damage in the city of Belgorod and adjacent territories.

Close to 40K individuals were affected by power cuts across seven municipalities, per information from authority reports.

Larger Picture of Warfare

There has been a substantial rise in the number of attacks launched against Russia's fuel processing facilities in recent months, causing petroleum deficits and cost increases in some parts of the country.

No fewer than twenty-one of the nation's key petroleum plants - in which petroleum is processed into usable fuel like petrol and diesel - have been hit since January, substantially exceeding as during the whole of 2024.

Ongoing Hostilities

Meanwhile, assaults from Russia against Ukraine are ongoing. Ukrainian aerial defenses reported Wednesday its protective measures destroyed or disabled 154 drones, but two dozen hit objectives in eleven sites.

Debris from intercepted drones caused fires and damage to civilian infrastructure.

At least five people were fatally injured recently when Moscow deployed multiple ballistic weapons and around 500 drones into multiple Ukrainian territories.

Energy Infrastructure Facing Danger

The leader of Ukraine says Moscow is again targeting the country's power systems ahead of winter and has declared additional financial support to fix harmed structures and develop a backup supply of components to reestablish energy.

"Despite all the challenges, we should help the regions now confronting the most difficult period," he said.