What is known about the victims
Ukraine launched an “indiscriminate” attack on the center of Belgorod, killing 12 adults and two children and wounding 108 people. reported Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is on Telegram.
“The Kiev regime, which committed this crime, is trying to distract attention from the defeats at the front and provokes us to similar actions,” the ministry wrote.
As a result of the Ukrainian attack 57 people, including 13 children, were injured, stated Telegram channel 112 with a link to the resource.
To Belgorod on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin flew out A team from the Ministry of Health and a group from the Ministry of Emergencies, led by Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, to provide assistance to the victims. The team includes doctors from Moscow selected by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. He promised to help rebuild the city if necessary.
Residents of the city of Shebekino, Belgorod region saidlocal ambulance staff ask “not to bother them over trifles” now that everyone has been transported to Belgorod.
During the bombardment, not all residents could enter the shelters. Some of the shelters was locked. Others were open but crushed garbage or under water.
“People were coming down [к убежищам] I went back home because there was nowhere to hide. The management said they will open now. But when asked why they were closed, especially after tonight [когда уже был обстрел]”We couldn’t answer.” to complain local.
What is known about the bombardment itself?
The city was hit by Ukraine’s “security and defense forces”, they launched a “missile attack on military facilities in Belgorod”, a source from the special services told RBC-Ukraine.
“These are common events” <…> The Dnieper, Kharkov and Odessa were bombed, the source said. Thus, the Armed Forces of Ukraine take revenge for the colossal massacre bombardmentThe incident that Ukraine was exposed to yesterday.
Russian Ministry of Defense announced The Ukrainian Armed Forces used two Vilkha missiles in “banned cluster munitions” as well as Czech-made Vampire MLRS rockets.. Air defenses stopped most of these, but a few Vampire shells and fragments from downed missiles fell on the city.
The Ministry of Defense stated that “If Vilkha missiles hit the city directly with cluster bombs, the consequences would be immeasurably severe.”
The Ukrainian army damaged not a single military facility in the center of Belgorod, but about 40 civilian facilities. transmits TASS regarding emergency services. Especially, tied up Belgorod store and Mayak shopping center. The second is traditionally to actualize There were many people in the stores on the Saturday before New Year’s events and holidays.
“We probably heard the loudest explosions in the last two years. … Although everything around was glass, everything somehow deepened into the room, but everyone somehow pressed themselves against the walls. There were a lot of people in the store at this time. Then the smoke started immediately. <…> “They went out, sirens rang… The Ministry of Emergency Situations, the army, everyone immediately arrived at the scene.” said An eyewitness who survived the bombardment of the city centre.
one of the shells reached At the working ice rink in Cathedral Square. The regional government building located there, damaged.
Also Belgorod State Technological Institute was attacked University (there were no students inside), National Research University “BelSU” medical faculty and center a park Belgorod. Gladkov also wrote that there was an entry into the “housing sector”.
Because of the explosions in the city started fires; The Ministry of Emergencies recorded ten fires in total. Everything has already been extinguished. Authorities set up a hotline number 122 to collect information about the destruction and casualties.
In addition to Belgorod, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also shelled the outskirts of the village of Krasnoye, Shebekinsky urban district. Urazovo village Valuysky urban district. No one was injured there. In Urazovo, a sports and recreation complex building, about 20 private households and a power line were damaged. A fire broke out on the territory of a non-operating agricultural enterprise in the village of Krasnoe.