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Three fatalities occurred and a minimum of nine individuals sustained injuries in Ukraine's latest attack on the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, according to local officials.

The fatalities occurred following a strike on the village of Maslova Pristan in the early hours of Wednesday, sources confirmed. Rescue personnel were carrying on seeking for people potentially caught under rubble.

For the third day in a row that Ukraine has struck the area, causing numerous residents lacking electricity and a minimum of two more persons dead.

Wave of Assaults Cause Damage

The Wednesday wave of missile and drone strikes damaged homes, automobiles and energy systems in multiple districts of Belgorod, per information from government communications.

Authorities shared images from the village revealing a sports centre with its structure and exterior destroyed, and mentioned that rescue workers were removing wreckage and assessing the damage.

Within the adjacent community of Moshchenoye, half a dozen persons - involving a young person - sustained injuries when missile and drone struck a truck, while a person got injured when a vehicle was targeted in Masychevo.

Electrical Failures Hit Many

The strikes follow multiple days of identical assaults that have led to electricity failures and infrastructure destruction in the city of Belgorod and surrounding areas.

Close to 40K individuals were impacted by electricity outages across seven municipalities, per information from official statements.

Broader Context of Hostilities

There has been a substantial rise in the quantity of strikes targeting Russia's fuel processing facilities in the past few months, leading to gasoline scarcities and cost increases in certain Russian regions.

At least 21 of the nation's key petroleum plants - in which petroleum is processed into usable fuel like automotive fuels - have been hit since January, significantly more than as across the previous year.

Continuing Conflict

Simultaneously, assaults from Russia against Ukraine are persisting. Ukrainian aerial defenses said on Wednesday its defences shot down or took out 154 aerial vehicles, but multiple reached destinations in eleven sites.

Wreckage from stopped unmanned vehicles started blazes and destruction of community structures.

At least five people were fatally injured recently when Russian forces launched multiple ballistic weapons and hundreds of aerial vehicles into various areas of the country.

Power Systems Facing Danger

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky states Moscow is again targeting the country's power systems ahead of winter and has declared additional financial support to restore affected installations and establish a stockpile of materials to reinstate electricity.

"In spite of various obstacles, we should help the communities currently facing the hardest times," he said.