The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Belgorod was shelled from the Vampire multiple launch rocket system. Two businesses, residential buildings and a truck came under fire

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Belgorod was shelled with an RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system at around 16:30 local time. The ministry accused the “Kiev regime” of attempting to carry out a “terrorist attack.”

Over the territory of the Belgorod region, as the Russian side stated, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Vampire MLRS rockets.

The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov , reported that seven air targets were shot down on approach to Belgorod. According to the latest data from the authorities, three people were injured: a man with barotrauma refused hospitalization, the second victim was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds to the head and concussion, and the third victim himself went to the doctors.

According to Gladkov, windows were broken in two apartment buildings and 15 cars were damaged. There is also damage on the territory of one of the industrial enterprises, the governor said. According to some sources , this is the territory of the former Belgorod vitamin plant, according to others, ZhBK-1 . Windows in the administrative building were broken , the façade and roof were damaged.

During the attack, sounded a missile siren in Belgorod and its suburbs. According to telegram channels and media reports, the Kreida microdistrict in the east of Belgorod came under fire.

In the same area, a truck came under fire, its cab was damaged, and the driver was injured .

According to telegram channels, in Belgorod, a car hit a boy, apparently 10 years old, who was frightened by explosions and ran across the road for cover at a red light.

According to Vyacheslav Gladkov, two private houses and the territory of an enterprise were damaged in the Belgorod region.

in Belgorod At 17:40 a new threat of a missile attack was announced .

Update. As Vyacheslav Gladkov reported , during the second missile attack at 19:50 Moscow time, air defense forces shot down five air targets on approach to Belgorod. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties, private houses and one apartment building were damaged. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the air defense shot down five Vampire MLRS shells.