In the center of Russian Belgorod, located 42 km from the border with Ukraine, dozens of explosions occurred on the afternoon of December 30. The governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that two children were killed as a result of the shelling, but the number of civilian casualties may increase, since the residential sector came under fire and search and rescue operations are still underway.
In the afternoon, Russian social media was flooded with photos and videos from Belgorod showing plumes of black smoke rising in several places around the city center. Eyewitnesses filmed burning cars, wailing sirens warning of missile danger, residential buildings and administrative buildings struck by shrapnel. The Russian authorities assigned responsibility for the shelling to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They have not yet commented on this information.
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According to an unnamed source of the SHOT telegram channel, the Grad multiple launch rocket system was used during the shelling of Belgorod. Telegram channel Baza, in turn, reported about seven dead and more than 30 injured who turned to doctors for help.
According to SHOT, the shelling damaged more than 40 buildings and 60 vehicles, including passenger buses.
The moment one of the shells fell directly onto the roadway was caught on camera in one of the cars.
In addition, Gladkov stated about the shelling of the village of Urazovo, Valuysky urban district, there were no casualties, but the building of a sports and recreation complex and about 20 private houses were damaged, and the power line was also damaged.
Let us recall that a day earlier Russia launched a massive attack on the cities of Ukraine – Kyiv, Dnieper, Kharkov, Lvov, Zaporozhye, Odessa. Moreover, not only with suicide bombers, but also with missiles. According to Ukrainian authorities, fires broke out in the area and there were casualties.
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