At least seven people were killed and 15 injured after part of a building collapsed following a Ukrainian missile attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine. The information was released by Russian authorities.
“The city of Belgorod was subjected to massive shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine,” said Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the region. “As a result of a direct bomb hit on a building, the entire entrance from the tenth to the first floor collapsed,” he added.
It was not immediately clear what weapons were used in the attack — or whether they were supplied by the West.
A witness at the scene said there were many ambulances and fire engines. “An entire section of a 10-story building collapsed,” she told Reuters on condition of anonymity. “I see several victims. Firefighters are sifting through the rubble,” she noted.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday (12) that its air defense forces destroyed two conventional ballistic missiles launched overnight by Ukrainian forces over the Belgorod region.
Both Ukraine and Russia say they do not target civilians, although many have been killed by both sides in the war.
Russian forces earlier this month opened a new front in Ukraine's northeastern region of Kharkiv, neighboring Russia's Belgorod region, which has come under repeated attack from Ukraine by drones and artillery.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Reuters was unable to immediately verify battlefield accounts from either side.
Source: CNN Brasil
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