American officials are urging Ukraine to do everything possible to prevent the deaths of civilians during the conflict, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a regular briefing to reporters. writes about this TASS.
Miller emphasized that the United States always calls on countries parties to conflicts to respect the laws of war and international humanitarian law and to take measures to protect civilians. The agency writes that Miller did not give a clear answer to a journalist’s question about whether Kiev received the same call from Washington as Israel.
Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that on December 30, the Ukrainian Armed Forces bombed the center of Belgorod. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 14 people, including 2 children, died. 108 more people were injured, including 15 children.
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, killing one person and wounding seven more. 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.