The shelling of Belgorod. What is known

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The number of those who died as a result of yesterday’s blow to Belgorod increased to 24 people, said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. 108 people were injured. Some of them are in serious condition, they are prepared for transfer to federal clinics. Belgorod doctors will continue to work with the rest, there are all the drugs necessary for this in the city, the governor said .

What's happened

• According to the Russian authorities, dozens of apartment and several private houses, as well as many cars, were damaged as a result of the attack. Emergency and utilities along with volunteers carried out recovery work all night. Gladkov appreciated the consequences of the blow as “the most difficult” for the city for two years of the war.
• The Armed Forces of Ukraine were not officially shelling. However, the interlocutors of several Ukrainian publications at once called him a response to Russian blows to Ukraine - on December 29, the country was subjected to one of the most powerful shelling during the entire war, the number of the dead exceeded 40 people. The sources explained the fall of missiles in the center of Belgorod by the mistakes of the Russian air defense: according to their version, the missiles were aimed at military and industrial facilities.
• The Russian Foreign Ministry requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. On it, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, Vasily, Nebenia, accused Ukraine of a deliberate attack, and the USA, Great Britain and the “majority of the European Union” - in “complicity”. The more they threaten Russia, the tougher it will act, warned the diplomat.
• A few hours after the blow to Belgorod, the massive shelling of Kharkov began. The Russian military attacked the city center with rockets and drones-Kamikadze. The number of wounded reached 28 people. In the Kharkov region, two people were killed, the office of the Prosecutor General of the country said . More than a dozen apartment and private houses, hospitals, a hotel building, a kindergarten and other civil facilities were damaged . Airy anxiety was also declared in other areas of Ukraine.

Updated

The Russian Ministry of Defense called the shelling of Kharkov “a response to the shelling of Belgorod” and reported on the defeat of “decision -making centers”. According to the department, a missile blow to the Kharkov Palace Hotel “Representatives of the GUR and the Armed Forces” were killed, who allegedly took part in yesterday’s attack on the Russian city.

Meanwhile, the employees of the German television channel ZDF reported that they had fallen under the Russian shelling at the Kharkov hotel. The Ukrainian translator ZDF, who was in the lobby, was injured, she revealed fractures of the spine and ribs. In total, 15 rooms were populated at the hotel, at least ten of them were occupied by representatives of various media.