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“30 minutes ago I woke up from two strong breaks. According to the operational headquarters, there is no damage or destruction. There were no casualties. Images of flashes in the sky have already appeared on social networks. Most importantly, there was no loss of life or damage. I will try to clarify all the remaining information in the morning, ”Gladkov wrote at night on the Telegram channel.
Sabah said that nothing threatened the safety of the city’s residents. At the same time, eyewitnesses said that after the explosions, a rumble was heard, as if an airplane was flying nearby.
“I wanted to dispel the fears of the residents that someone or something flew to us from the territory of Ukraine. This is not true. Our military aviation carried out combat missions as part of a special military operation, ”the governor said on Monday.
Residents of the city, the people of Belgorod all night discussed what was happening on VKontakte.
“I was on the street at that moment, two explosions roared in the sky, then three fireballs, and then you can clearly hear the plane flying off. The only question is – whose and flew in our direction? – wrote a resident of Belgorod Svetlana.
Other eyewitnesses said that houses shook from the explosions, windows and doors trembled.
“The first powerful explosion, the windows trembled and the plaster fell. The plane was buzzing and two more rockets were flying in the sky,” he said.
Many residents of the city were frightened. “Terrible”, “and here again … God, how scary”, “he would survive tonight” – they wrote.
Someone counted five or six explosions during the night. The townspeople compared the applause in terms of strength. Others urged not to panic.
border attacks
After the start of the military special operation of Russia in the areas on the border with Ukraine, incidents regularly occur – explosions, fires and sabotage. Last week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire on the villages of Nekhoteevka, Zhuravlevka and Golovchino in the Belgorod region, the Troebortnoe checkpoint in the Bryansk region, the checkpoint in the Ukrainian village of Krupets, according to the authorities of the Russian regions. Kursk region and Ukrainian UAVs were shot down in the Kursk and Voronezh regions. In many areas, authorities have brought increasing levels of terrorist threats.
The day before, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that on the border of three municipalities – the Borisov and Belgorod regions and the Yakovlevsky urban district – there was a fire on the territory of one of the objects of the Ministry of Defense. Russian Federation. He did not disclose the cause of the fire, but local residents complained about explosions on social networks.
“There is information about a victim among local residents. The injury is minor, not life threatening. All necessary medical care is provided, ”Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel.
On Monday, he announced that the victim had “a ripped wound on his right shoulder” and that his “condition is stable and his life is not in danger”. Before recovery, the man will be under the supervision of doctors for two weeks.
In addition, 7 houses were damaged in the incident. Villagers were evacuated to the safe zone.
“Together with the head of the Yakovlevsky district, Oleg Medvedev, I met with residents who had to leave their homes for security reasons yesterday. Most of the residents settled next to their relatives. There are 4 people in the temporary shelter, we will take them home after breakfast today.”
According to Gladkov, district authorities will begin to restore damaged buildings “as soon as possible”.
“Funds (for restoration – socialbites.ca) are fully available,” he added.
Source: Gazeta
