One person was killed and two others were wounded in a Ukrainian shelling of a reception center for internally displaced people in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, the head of the local government there, Vyachelav Gladkov, said.

“Ukrainian armed forces hit with artillery a center for displaced people that houses elderly people and children where a guard was killed and two other people were injured,” Mr. Gladkov said via Telegram.

According to him, the injured are “in a serious condition” and are being treated in “intensive care units”, as one has suffered injuries to the abdomen and the other to the chest.

He accompanied his message with photos of a damaged building with broken windows, a shell crater near the guard’s canopy, and adults and children being bussed away from the center.

Belgorod Oblast, which neighbors Ukraine, has repeatedly been the target of shelling, airstrikes and attempted armed incursions from Ukrainian territory.

Incidents of this nature have multiplied recently, as Kiev says it is preparing for a large-scale counteroffensive to drive the Russian military out of territory it holds in Ukraine.

Early yesterday Tuesday morning, Moscow, the capital of Russia, was targeted by a UAV attack, which caused minor property damage and injured two people, according to local authorities. The Russian government called it a “terrorist” act.