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A 39-year-old man was killed in an attack on a gas station in the Bryansk region town of Starodub, 35 kilometers (21 miles) north of the Ukrainian border, acting Governor Yegor Kovalchuk  (https://t.me/E_V_Kovalchuk/2309) said  .Three others were wounded, he added.  In the nearby Belgorod region, acting Governor Alexander Shuvayev (https://t.me/aleksandr_shuvaev/1516)  said  one person was killed in a border district as a result of a “targeted” hit. Four others were injured across the region, where Shuvayev said Ukraine carried out 112 attacks in the past 24 hours.  Unverified  (https://t.me/astrapress/124564) reports  saidthat Ukrainian drones targeted a Rosneft-operated oil refinery in the southern Saratov region.  Saratov region Governor Roman Busargin (https://t.me/busargin_r/12074)  confirmed  only damage to residential homes and that 10 people, including three children, were injured.   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