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Two killed, 3 injured in Ukrainian shelling of Russia's Belgorod

Moscow, Mar 16 (UNI) Two people were killed and three others injured as a result of the shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces in Russia's Belgorod Region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Saturday.
"Unfortunately, two people died: a man and a woman. The man was driving a truck when he was hit by a shell, after which the car crashed into a passenger bus. The residents [inside the bus] were not injured. Another woman died in a garage cooperative, where she and her son came to feed the dogs," the governor said.
Medics are fighting for the life of the deceased woman's son who suffered shrapnel wounds to the back of his head, shoulder and chest, Gladkov added.
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