Belgorod was subjected to the second heavy shelling in two months. At least five people died

Belgorod came under heavy fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the second time in two months. Authorities report five deaths. The border city was first subjected to heavy shelling on December 30, 2023, when 25 people were killed and the number of injured exceeded 100.

Details . One shell hit a shopping center, which received serious damage, and another landed at the stadium. The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported five dead, including a child, and 18 injured. According to him, seven private and five apartment buildings were also damaged.

• According to the Bel.ru agency, died at the stadium during the shelling. a woman and an infant
• Before the rockets fell, a missile warning siren was sounded in the city, reported . the regional government’s telegram channel

• The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the “suppression of an attempt” by Ukraine to “carry out a terrorist attack” using the RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system. The department reported the destruction of 14 shells over the Belgorod region, but did not comment on the hits in the regional capital. Ukrainian authorities did not comment on what happened.

Context . The attack on Belgorod occurred a few hours after the attacks that Russian troops carried out in the Kiev, Zaporozhye, Lvov, Khmelnytsky and Poltava regions. The spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuriy Ignat, said that the country’s air defense managed to shoot down 13 out of 26 launched missiles. No deaths or injuries were reported.

• Belgorod suffered its last powerful attack less than two months ago, on December 30, 2023. At were killed least 25 people and more than 100 were injured. This was the first time that the center of a Russian regional city came under rocket fire .