Overview
- The strike was reported on January 4 in the border village of Oktyabrsky in Belgorod region.
- According to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, a woman and a four-year-old suffered multiple shrapnel wounds and were hospitalized in serious condition.
- Officials said the vehicle detonated and burned, and firefighters extinguished the blaze under cover from self‑defence fighters and the BARS‑Belgorod unit.
- Authorities reported damage to a nearby garage and said emergency and local defence teams secured the site.
- Regional officials also counted more than 50 drone and artillery attacks across 11 municipalities in the past day, with additional injuries and infrastructure damage.