At least 15 people were killed and many injured on Sunday when part of a Russian apartment building collapsed after being hit by fragments of a Soviet-era missile launched by Ukraine and shot down by Russia, Russian officials said.
In one of the deadliest attacks to date in the Belgorod region, Ukraine launched what Russian officials said was a massive missile attack, involving Tochka ballistic missiles and Adler and RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
The Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Monday (13) that 15 people died when the building collapsed. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the region's governor, said four more people were killed on Sunday in separate attacks across Kiev.
Twenty-seven people were injured on Sunday in several attacks, Gladkov said on the Telegram messaging app.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry said at least 12 missiles were involved in the attacks on Belgorod, which it called a “terrorist attack on residential areas.”
“Fragments from one of the downed Tochka-U missiles damaged an apartment building in the city of Belgorod,” the ministry said.
Images from the scene showed the collapse of at least 10 floors of the building. Later, as emergency services searched the rubble for survivors, the ceiling collapsed and people ran for their lives, with dust and debris falling behind them.
Both Ukraine and Russia say they are not targeting civilians in the war that began when Russia invaded its smaller neighbor in February 2022. The war has killed thousands of people, displaced millions and turned Ukrainian cities into rubble.
The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had been briefed on the attack, which it said was “barbaric”. The Russian Foreign Ministry declared that the attack on civilians and civilian infrastructure was criminal.
Kiev says attacking Russia's military, transportation and energy infrastructure undermines Moscow's war effort and is a response to Russia's numerous deadly attacks on civilian infrastructure and residential areas.
Source: CNN Brasil

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