There was a shelter in the collapsed house in Belgorod, but it didn’t work

Editorial “Layout” May 12, 2024 |

“The key is with a man who is not there. Shelters in other houses are flooded. There's nowhere to hide"

In the basement of house 55a on Shchorsa Street in Belgorod, where the entrance collapsed on the morning of May 12, there is a shelter from shelling. This is evidenced by data from the Yandex interactive map. The presence of the shelter was also confirmed by local residents with whom Verstka was able to talk. However, the entrance to the basement of the destroyed house could have been closed.

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The shelter in the collapsed house in Belgorod was locked

“The shelter was locked and locked. All the time. Some person who is never there has the key. Basement shelters in other houses are flooded. There is nowhere to hide. The only thing that works is the entrances with signs that say about the shelling, they are open. But there are no shelters here,” local resident Artem, who lives in a neighboring residential building, told Vorstka.

Another interlocutor, a resident of the neighboring house, Maxim, said that sometimes shelters in the area work, but local residents do not hide in them.

“If only they [the shelters] were still open, and because you’re lucky, sometimes the basement is open, sometimes not. Yes, no one goes to open shelters, everyone is already used to it.”

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Both interlocutors said that air raid sirens had been sounding in the area since the very morning, but “the locals had already gotten used to them”

House collapse in Belgorod: the Ministry of Defense announces an attack by the Ukrainian Tochka-U

On the morning of May 12, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported in his telegram channel that Belgorod and the Belgorod district were subjected to massive shelling from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On Kharkov Mountain, allegedly, as a result of a direct hit by a shell on an apartment building, the entire entrance from the tenth to the first floor collapsed.

Gladkov reported that 19 people were injured as a result of the collapse of a house in Belgorod, but no deaths have yet been found. However, the Investigative Committee claims that, according to preliminary data, there are still deaths. There is no official information about their number yet. However, according to unofficial data, from 4 to 6 people died. There may still be people under the rubble.

The Ministry of Defense reported that at about 11.40 the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an attack on Belgorod using Tochka-U missiles, Vilkha multiple launch rocket systems and RM-70 Vampire. According to the Ministry of Defense, the air defense shot down six Tochka-U missiles, four Vampire MLRS missiles and two Vilkha MLRS missiles. At the same time, fragments of one of the downed Tochka-U missiles damaged the house. The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on the collapse of the house in Belgorod.

Let us remind you that earlier “Verstka” reported that the Russian army had launched an offensive in the Kharkov region . As of May 12, Russian troops occupied several border villages. According to the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky, “the situation is difficult, but the Ukrainian defense forces are doing everything to maintain defense lines.”

“Verstka” also said that the Ministry of Defense plans to recruit 300 thousand people for the attack on Kharkov . Reservists can be forcibly conscripted into the troops, conscripts can be “forced into contract,” and Russians who are in the reserves can also be mobilized.

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