“20 Holes in the Roof”
The Bryansk regional governor, Alexander Bogomaz, wrote on VKontakte that the village of Klintsy in Zaimishche was subjected to morning shelling. Klintsy lies about 45 kilometers from the border with Ukraine’s Chernihiv region.
“Several houses were damaged. Preliminary information indicates four people were injured and are receiving comprehensive medical care. Operational services are working at the scene,” Bogomaz reported.
Although Bogomaz disabled comments on the post, residents urged him to come to Klintsy and oversee relief efforts in person. They also criticized local authorities for not yet addressing the incident. One subscriber hoped the administration would provide support for home restoration.
“The shell struck our house. Three windows were broken and there are 20 holes in the roof,” a message from a Klintsy resident via the Telegram channel Overheard Klintsy (region_32) read.
Local residents are removing shell fragments from roofs and sharing photos online.
two explosions
The Telegram channel Overheard Klintsy (region_32) posted footage captured from a wall-mounted camera on a townhouse. At around 8 a.m., two explosions were heard, and nearby vehicles emitted alarm sounds. The video shows a man walking through the square as the blasts occur, seemingly unfazed by the noise.
After the blasts, neighbors photographed a rising smoke plume from several homes. The Bryansk Gubernia news channel reported that electricity and water were cut off in many apartments across the city, with numerous houses showing broken windows. Reporters also noted that traffic lights across streets were out of order.
Shortly after the Klintsy bombardment, a Mi-28N Night Hunter helicopter was sighted overhead, a local resident captured footage of it in flight. Retired lieutenant colonel Yevgeny Tishkovets, a Bryansk region native and Phobos meteorological center expert, wrote on a Telegram channel that a military unit in the Bryansk region was damaged and firefighters were dispatched to extinguish several blazes.
“There was an explosion in Klintsy, Bryansk region. Eyewitnesses said the helicopter circled above the troop, then fired twice and flew away.”
During a broadcast on Solovyov Live, Tishkovets suggested the formation of partisan detachments to defend the Bryansk region. He proposed volunteers along the front lines could be organized, with himself leading a unit to clear traces of those he described as Banderists, and called for arming such groups with weapons and equipment.
In an update about the city after the attack, a resident described what had happened where the local police and a residential complex were impacted, with fire crews already on the scene. He noted a limited presence of military personnel in the city and described tense weather in the area.
The Bryansk News site reportedly shared video from the site where Ukrainian ammunition allegedly landed, claiming the debris indicated a Tochka-U missile had been involved.
shrapnel wounds
Followers of the Telegram channel Klintsy (region_32) I heard reported tightened control at all city entrances and exits after the blasts, with vehicles stopped and luggage checked.
“There were no fatalities. There are injuries, including a woman in her garden who lost a leg when a bullet struck her house; windows were shattered elsewhere,” the channel conveyed.
According to the information received, many victims are receiving treatment in Klintsy’s trauma department, primarily for shrapnel wounds. The channel’s editors added that there was no official confirmation of an amputation in the reported case, with some commenters suggesting injuries rather than loss of the limb.
Sputnik Near Abroad, citing the Bryansk regional health ministry, reported shrapnel injuries among three women and a man as a result of the bombing in the Bryansk village.