The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced that "three civilians were killed and three others were injured today, Monday, in a Ukrainian drone attack on a vehicle in the Russian region bordering Ukraine." He explained that "the vehicle was carrying construction workers and was attacked on the outskirts of the border village of Butchaivo." Belgorod has been subjected to cross-border attacks from Ukraine for months, resulting in the death of civilians.