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Drone strikes on Russian border regions.
BELGOROD, October 9 - RIA Novosti. A man received an acubarotrauma as a result of a Ukrainian drone hitting a car in the village of Volokonovka, Belgorod region, the regional operational headquarters reported.
“In the village of Volokonovka, a drone hit a car. A man with an acubarotrauma was hospitalized in the Valuyskaya Central District Hospital. The vehicle was damaged. The explosion of the second drone broke the windows and bodies of five cars,” says the operational headquarters channel on the Max platform.

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