Boy dies from injuries in Ukrainian drone strike

10/7/2025 6:12

A five-year-old boy died of burns

sustained in a Ukrainian drone strike on a beach in the Russian

city of Kursk, the regional governor said, raising the death

toll in the attack to four.



Alexander Khinshtein, writing on Telegram on Wednesday, said

the boy had suffered burns over 30% of his body in the attack on

Tuesday and died while being transported to Moscow for

treatment.



Khinshtein had earlier said that three people, including a

member of Russia's National Guard, were killed in the strike.



There has been no comment from Ukrainian officials on the

incident.



Ukrainian forces staged a large incursion into the Kursk

region nearly a year ago. The Kremlin said this year all Kyiv's

forces have been ejected from the region, but Ukrainian

officials say their troops are still carrying out operations.