Ukrainian shelling injured three people in the Russian region of Belgorod late on Monday evening, officials said.

Belgorod is just over half an hour’s drive from the border with Ukraine, making it a vital stop in Russian supply lines. The city has come under extensive shelling and drone attacks for months.

Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod on 30 December killed 25 people, local officials said.

“The city of Belgorod was shelled again last night, and people were injured,” governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram.

“Now there are three people in intensive care, all of them have undergone surgeries. Doctors assess their condition as stable and severe.”