A missile warning siren was activated in Belgorod. Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote about this in his article. Telegram channel.
“If you are at home, do not go near the windows. Take shelter in rooms with solid walls (corridor, bathroom, toilet, cellar) without windows. If you are on the street, go to a shelter or another safe place,” the regional president’s message said.
Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that on December 30, the Ukrainian Armed Forces bombed the center of Belgorod.
All festive events in Belgorod are canceled. The government of the Belgorod region went into 24-hour operation. Vladimir Putin described the attacks on Belgorod as a terrorist attack, because in this case indiscriminate weapons were used to specifically target the civilian population.
On January 2, Belgorod came under fire from the Ukrainian army three times, seven people were injured. Russian air defense systems shot down 17 missiles from the Vilkha multiple launch rocket system over the region. On January 3, the city’s missile siren sounded again. According to Gladkov, the situation in Belgorod remains tense, air defense systems have been activated and two shellings were recorded in the morning.
Formerly at the US State Department Reacted To the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belgorod.