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What happened in Shebekino on 29 August 2026?
Summary
A look back at a Ukrainian drone attack in Belgorod Oblast that killed three people, a day after a deadly strike on a depot in Bucha.
What happened in Shebekino, in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, on 29 August 2026? According to the regional emergency response center, a Ukrainian drone attack on the town killed three people and damaged residential buildings.
The strike was one of the attacks inside Russia that have accompanied the Russo-Ukrainian war. Such attacks have included drone strikes, cross-border shelling and missile strikes, mainly in Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk oblasts. Their main targets have been the military, the arms industry and the oil industry.
The day before: Bucha
The day before, on 28 August 2026, a Russian drone strike hit a supply depot in Bucha, in Kyiv Oblast. The strike set off explosions and a fire. At least 37 people were killed, and almost 400 residents were evacuated. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that explosives stored near homes had worsened the disaster.
The two incidents, reported on consecutive days, showed civilians on both sides of the border affected by drone warfare. In Shebekino, the emergency response center reported three deaths and damage to housing. In Bucha, the toll was far higher and the evacuation extensive.
