Ukraine launches artillery attack on Russian border town, killing 14 people, one day after Moscow launched the biggest airstrike across Ukraine. Until 39 people died and hundreds more were injured.
TASS news agency, Russian media Reported on Saturday, December 30, 2023, that a large attack occurred in the central area of Belgorod, on the border with Ukraine. Initially, at least 14 bodies, including two children, were found dead. About 40 civilian buildings were damaged and 10 fires broke out, which officials are now fully under control.
The Russian official stated that Ukraine launched the artillery attack. and confirmed that there would definitely be a response. “This crime will not go unpunished,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. “The Kiev government … is trying to distract attention from the defeat on the frontline. and provoke us to the same movement.”
The attack on Belgorod took place after Russia sent drones and missiles at targets across Ukraine overnight Thursday and into Friday afternoon. It was Russia’s biggest airstrike since the war began in February 2022, leaving at least 39 people dead and more than 150 injured.
Even though it is rarely accepted But Ukraine has been attacking Russian territory near the border almost daily for more than a year, sometimes resulting in civilian deaths. And the latest incident is considered one of the most deadly.
Mr. Vyacheslav Gladkov, Governor of the Belgorod Oblast Region, stated that on Friday night The city of Belgorod was also attacked. As a result, one civilian was killed and four others, including a child, were injured.
Meanwhile, the governor of Bryansk Oblast, Alexander Bogomaz, said his region was hit by artillery on Saturday. causing the death of one child, with the Russian Ministry of Defense stating that The military destroyed 32 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles or drones flying into the Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk and Moscow regions.
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2023-12-30 18:05:00
