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Ukrainian forces launched a mass strike on the Russian city of Belgorod overnight into 25 October, killing one person and injuring fourteen others, according to Belgorod regional governor Aleksandr Shuvayev. Eight of the wounded were admitted to hospital wards, with the possibility of transfer to federal clinics if their condition requires it; the remaining six are receiving outpatient treatment.
Shuvayev said the attack damaged 30 multi-storey residential buildings and four private homes, along with three administrative buildings, eight commercial facilities and three social-sector sites. Thirty-five vehicles were also damaged. Belgorod mayor Valentin Demidov described what he called significant destruction to the city’s housing stock and said 53 residents had opted to use temporary accommodation centres.
Monitoring channel Pepel and Ukraine’s Supernova+ channel both reported that drones struck the MegaGrinn shopping and entertainment complex — a facility covering more than 163,000 square metres — as well as the courtyard of the Parizh residential complex. On the morning of 25 October, MegaGrinn’s management announced the centre was closed, offering no explanation.
The Kursk region was also struck. Governor Aleksandr Khinstheyn said an energy facility in Khomutovka district was hit, cutting electricity to 104 populated localities and leaving nearly 11,000 consumers without power. In the village of Kozirevka in Bolshesoldatsky district, an FPV drone attacked a car, wounding a 30-year-old man.
In Lipetsk, several parked cars caught fire on Bunin Street. Governor Igor Artamonov attributed the blaze to falling drone debris, but residents posting in local channels disputed that account, saying windows and window frames were blown out up to the eleventh floor of surrounding apartment buildings and claiming there were casualties. Those claims could not be independently verified from the source material.
In Rostov region, Governor Yury Slyusar said more than 50 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight across five districts — Verkhnedonskoye, Millerovo, Kasharsky, Chertkovo and Sholokhov — with no casualties reported.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said a total of 532 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over 22 Russian regions, the annexed Crimea and the waters of the Sea of Azov during the same period.
The overnight strikes follow a separate reported Ukrainian attack on an Ozon warehouse in Russia’s Omsk region, roughly 2,500 kilometres inside Russian territory, which had been reported earlier.